Venus, Juno and Minerva

1587

Adriaen Collaert after Jan van der Straet

Associated Names
Adriaen Collaert

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1560 - 1618

Jan van der Straet

Artist After, Flemish, 1523 - 1605

The image shows three nude female figures from head to toe, positioned in a classical and symbolic manner. The first woman on the left stands upright, her head slightly inclined, with her eyes closed, and her hair styled back away from her face. She is draped with a flowing cloth around her hips that moves with a sense of flowing motion. Next to her, a cherub-like figure holds onto her drapery. The second woman, in the center, appears to be sitting or leaning on a cloud, holding a scepter-like object, with her gaze directed forward. Her hair is pulled back and she is crowned with a crescent. The third woman on the right is turned slightly away from the viewer but looks over her shoulder, her gaze directed towards an object at the back. Her hair is covered with a helmet adorned with intricate designs, and she holds a shield in her left hand. The background features swirling clouds that the figures rest upon. The names "VENERIS," "IVNO," and "MINERVA" are inscribed next to each figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 21 x 15.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.88.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1163, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collector ABV (not in Lugt). (Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 26-27 May 2000, no. 5122); (purchased for NGA by David Tunick, New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

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 Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1163, state only.

1997

  • Vannucci, Alessandra Baroni. Jan van der Straet detto Giovanni Stradano: flandrus pictor et inventor. Milan, 1997.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: VENVS.; upper center in plate: IVNO.; upper right in plate: MINERVA.; lower center in image: TRES DEAE PARIDEM CONVENIVNT; lower left below image in plate: Ioan. Stra invent. / Adri. Collart sculp.; lower center below image in plate: E coelo ad Paridem veniunt tria numna Diuûm; / O quantum laudis vana cupido valet!; lower right below image in plate: Io. Galle excud. / 2.

Wikidata ID

Q76335104

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