Venus [graphic] / W. Hollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana ; Adam AElshaimer pinxit.
1646
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Title
Venus [graphic] / W. Hollar fecit ex Collectione Arundeliana ; Adam AElshaimer pinxit.
Variant title
New Hollstein title: Realm of Venus
Created/published
[Antwerp?] : [s.n.], [1646?]
Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 95 x 147 mm
Associated name
Material base
paper
Summary
The naked goddess reclines in the viewer's right foreground, with her back to viewer and looking over her left shoulder. Cupid stands in center, holding a basket of flowers on his head, while nymphs and fauns entertain themselves in the viewer's left background. Two birds fly above trees on viewer's left.
Note
Title from item.
Similar to another Hollar plate after the same original (Pennington 271; New Hollstein 844).
New Hollstein lists this print under Antwerp period and the year 1646, when Hollar made several prints based on Elsheimer works in the Arundel Collection.
Similar to another Hollar plate after the same original (Pennington 271; New Hollstein 844).
New Hollstein lists this print under Antwerp period and the year 1646, when Hollar made several prints based on Elsheimer works in the Arundel Collection.
Cited/described in
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 271A
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 845
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 845
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART 265- 933 (size XS)
Folger-specific note
Provenance: from the collection of Emma Regina Martin, gift to the Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio; stamp of Rudolf Peltzer on verso (Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes, 2231)
Folger accession
265933