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Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan: 23.K.2-116

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
Production date: AD 1585

Note

State I

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.2-116
Primary reference Number: 119422
Bartsch: 139
Hollstein Dutch and Flemish: 137
Illustrated Bartsch: .139 S1
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 10 March 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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