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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R12788
People
Francesco Morelli, Italian (c. 1768 - after 1830)
After Hendrik Voogd, Dutch (Amsterdam 1768 - 1839 Rome)
After Annibale Carracci, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1560 - 1609 Rome, Italy)
Title
Venus and Adonis
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248791

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 44.9 × 62.4 cm (17 11/16 × 24 9/16 in.)
sheet: 53.3 × 66.2 cm (21 × 26 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate, below image: Annibal Caracci pinxit
  • inscription: lower center, in plate, below image: Henricus Voogl delin.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, below image: Francisus Morel Sculp. Romae
  • inscription: lower left, in plate, below image: Testis, qui nireum quondam percussit Adonem / Venatem Idalio vertice duras aper.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, below image: Illis forosum jacusse paludibus, illuc / Diceris effusa tu, Venus, isse coma.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, below image: Prop. Lib. II. Eleg. XIII.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate, below image: Apud Joannes Volpato
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, below image: Par son trés humble Serviteur / F.ois Morel.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate, below image: Dédié à Son Excellence Monsieur Le Sénateur Lucien Bonapoarte
  • inscription: lower center, in plate, below image: Tabula originalis extabat in pinacotheca Domus Falonieri
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: Venus & Adonis
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Mo 15 806
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 3.00 / 5.30 [struckthrough]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, lower center: 260 [struckthrough] / 3.00 / Venus and Adonis. / And. 2. / Le Bl. 8. / Es' Nag. 3

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R12788
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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