Venus Presiding Over the Arts of Love

1596

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a drawing of a scene featuring symbolic figures and interactions. The drawing shows two central figures embracing in the foreground, surrounded by draped clothing and flowing hair. In the background, a statue-like female figure stands with an arm around a young companion holding a staff or arrow. Behind them, groups of figures are engaging in various activities in a paradisiacal setting with trees, hills, and clouds. Above them are symbols and zodiac representations, such as scales and a bull. The image is filled with intricate patterns and classical elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.5 × 17.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.6 × 25.2 cm (14 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.31.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 54, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    The Seven Planetary Gods and Their Children

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1980: XXIII: no. 54, ii/ii.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996, no. 661, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

in image, lower left, in plate: 5; below image, in plate: Accendo iuvenum curas ego mater amoris, / Adiuvat et natus vibrans sua tela Cupido; outside of plate, at left, in black ink by a later hand: G5

Markings

none

Watermarks

shield with three fleur de lys

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