Venus

1678

Johann Jakob Thourneysen, after Joachim von Sandrart I, after the Antique

Associated Names
Johann Jakob Thourneysen

Artist, Swiss, 1636 - 1711

Joachim von Sandrart I

Artist, German, 1606 - 1688

the Antique

Artist

The image shows a classical-style engraving of a person reclining in a cave-like environment. The person is seated on the ground with one arm resting on their knee and the other hand extending towards the ground. Their head is tilted downwards with soft facial features and medium-length, curly hair. They are draped in a loose-fitting garment, partially exposing their upper torso. Behind them is a large, ornate urn or pot. The background consists of a textured, cave-like wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.7 × 34.7 cm (8 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.2 × 44.6 cm (12 11/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.90.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler 1835-1852, no. 46

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 46

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Johann Jacob Thourneysen, compiled by Dieter Beaujean). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2020: no. 298.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: VENUS 66; lower left in plate: J. I. Thourneysen Hel. / 1678

Wikidata ID

Q77005321

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