Mars and Venus Surprised

c. 1615

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 18.7 x 26.4 cm (7 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.134

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 581, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Edward Peart, London (1756 or 1758 - 1826) (Lugt 892). Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 557

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 581, i/ii.

Inscriptions

in plate, lower right: HG inv. Rd Baud ex.; in plate, across lower edge: Cum venere in medijs nexus complexibus heret / Mars Pater, et toti proebet spectacula Coelo. / Mulciber indicio Phoebi deprendit, eosq / Jurpiter amplexos Divis ridentibus offert.

Wikidata ID

Q76559392

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