Venus Offering Diana a Choice between Cupid and Adonis

Herman van Swanevelt

Associated Names
Herman van Swanevelt

Artist, Dutch, c. 1600 - 1655

The image shows a landscape with a group of figures on a path surrounded by natural scenery. The horizon features distant mountain peaks and trees. The landscape is stylized with detailed brushwork, creating texture in the foliage and terrain. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of sepia. In the foreground, there is a rock, grass, and trees framing the central group of figures. The figures are interacting with each other, some holding staffs or spears, surrounded by dense trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1977.38.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 20, State i/iii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

Bibliography

1884

  • Dutuit, Eugène. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Vol. I, IV-VI. Paris: A Levy, 1884-1885. Reprint. Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink, 1970-1972.

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

Wikidata ID

Q65569553

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