Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Venus Recommending Hymen to Cupid, 1800
- Title:
- Venus Recommending Hymen to Cupid
- Date:
- 1800
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 11/16 × 19 7/8 inches (39.8 × 50.5 cm), Plate: 14 3/8 × 18 7/16 inches (36.5 × 46.8 cm), Image: 11 3/16 × 17 1/8 inches (28.4 × 43.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Venus rec Hymen to Cupid"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "Tuer 1604"
Lettered, lower center: "Published as the act dirs Mar 1st 1800"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.576
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40775
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