Venus and Cupid

c. 1526/1530

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows two winged figures. The first figure is tall, standing upright and looking down to the side. They have flowing hair and gentle facial expressions. The second figure is smaller, positioned in front of the first, reaching up to touch them. The child's eyes are covered with a cloth, and they carry a quiver of arrows. Both figures are unclothed. The scene is set on a cloud-like base with a dark, crosshatched background. In the lower right corner, there is an ornate plaque with the inscription "AVDACES VENVS. IPSA IVVAT." and the initials "ISP".

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1048

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 87, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Symbols in Transformation: Iconographic Themes at the Time of the Reformation, Princeton University Art Museum, 1969, no. 12, repro.

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 93.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 87.

Wikidata ID

Q64961416

You may be interested in

Loading Results