Mars and Venus Adulterous
1580-1628
Publisher, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612
Artist, Flemish, 1566 - 1628
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 18.2 × 22.5 cm (7 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 18.2 × 23 cm (7 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2012.92.643
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 1164, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 6, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 94, only
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1164, i/ii
Inscriptions
in image, at lower center: Phls Galle inuentor et / excud. / Joan. Col. Scalp.; below image: Percitus aligeri pungente Cupidinis oestro / MARS, captat Paphiae dulcia furta Deae. / Blandumqué ingressus Phaebo Spectante, cubile / Incubat, optato perfruiturqué toro; below image, at center: 1
Wikidata ID
Q76557552