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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3188
People
Simon François Ravenet, the Elder, French (1706 - 1774)
After Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, Italian (Verona, Italy 1528 - 1588 Venice, Italy)
Title
Venus and Adonis
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279672

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 32.8 × 25.8 cm (12 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Plate: 38.7 × 27.8 cm (15 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 43.4 × 33.1 cm (17 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on plate, below image: Venus et Adonis. / Tableau de Paul Veronese, du Cabinet de M.r Dupille. / Peint sur toile de trois pieds deux pouces et demi, large de deux pieds quatre pouces, gravé par Simon François Ravenet.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Blanc 16

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3188
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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