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Venus in Love with Anchises: 3686.f.20

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Venus in Love with Anchises

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Haydon, Benjamin Robert

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1905) by Parsons (Brompton Road)

Dating

Circa 1805 - 1826

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Page Size Height 314 mm Width 194 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Venus in Love with Anchises / pretending to have lost her way, comes to him as he sits in the heat of day / in his Tent, to enquire it
  • Location: Recto of drawing
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Inscription present: refers to f. 21 recto

  • Text: Theodore & Honoria when the Ghoul / appears at the Feast
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3686.f.20
Primary reference Number: 10952
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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