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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1997
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Venus and Cupid
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Venus Carressed by Cupid
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1595
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249574

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to tan
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 23 × 15.7 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: transcribed from original mount, in Randall's hand : Venus + Cupid. Jan Saenredam sc. after H. Goltzius. / First state. 4.00
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG[monogram]oltzius Inuent. / Joannes Saenredam Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Aligero magnas armata Cupidine vires / Cypris habet, summos nec timet illa Deos. / C. Schonæus
  • drawing: verso, brown ink: a woman seen from the waist up
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 146 // [perhaps in Randall's hand:] First state before the / address the publisher // 24365 // yxv [or yscv] / D[?]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: 601
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1997
  • watermark: illegible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 600, Bartsch 68, Hollstein 73, Filedt Kok133

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1997
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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