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Venus: 24.I.4-19

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus
Painter: Elsheimer, Adam (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of George Hibbert (1757-1837) [Lugt 2849]

Measurements and weight

Height: 93 mm
Width: 149 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1646

Note

The painting by Elsheimer is in the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection, 532.

Techniques used in production

Etching

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 24.I.4-19
Primary reference Number: 129696
Hollstein (German): p.151
Lugt: 2849
Parthey: 271

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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