Harvard Art Museums > R1997: Venus and Cupid Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Venus and Cupid (Jan Saenredam)(After Hendrick Goltzius) , R1997,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/249574. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
