Mars, Venus and Cupid
Printmaker:
Unknown
Printmaker:
Raimondi, Marcantonio
(After)
Painter:
Sanzio, Raffaello
(After)
Dürer, Albrecht
(After)
History note: Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. (1771-1823) sale at Sotheby's 29th March and 11 following days, 1824, Lot 758 (1 print); bt. S. Woodburn for the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1824) by Sykes, Mark Masterman
Production date: circa AD 1508
Second altered state to create a false proof. Paper templates have been used to mask the printing of the Medusa motif and the flame of Venus' torch. The template for the mask was adhered to the plate with ink with some skill, so that there is no evidence that the template slipped or that ink seeped out during the printing process. The template for the flame was less successful: it also obscrued part of the border and the very top of the torch, and these have been replaced with pen and ink. With Raimondi's monogram and the date.
Accession number: P.5376-R
Primary reference Number: 127391
Bartsch: Not in Bartsch
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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