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Venus and Cupid, c.1587

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series Title

Three Deities in the Clouds (Plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.5 x 15.2 cm (8 1/16 x 6 in.)

sheet: 38.3 x 26.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

2012.92.566

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius (artist) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

below image: Illa venustatis mater venus aurea, blando / Faedere terrigenás, caelicolasque ligo; below image, at right: 2

(Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased May 5, 1992; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Mulder, Frederick, Mr.

2013: Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

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. 207, only

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Lena Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 338, only (as attributed to Matham)

Venus and Cupid, c.1587