2011.619.1: Venus on her way to Cyprus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.619.1

People

Gérard de Lairesse, Dutch (Liège 1641 - 1711 Amsterdam)

Title

Venus on her way to Cyprus

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Life of Venus

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1677-1680

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339702

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 21.1 x 16.7 cm (8 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 28.4 x 22.5 cm (11 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: etched in plate margin, lower center: 1 Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Privil: Ord: General: Belgii Faederati
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Venus et l'Amour sur les eaux / LeBl. 36
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [?]250-
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 1780
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink stamp: JUNG [Richard Jung, Lugt 3791]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Richard Jung, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (Lugt 3791). Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

Notes:
1. Richard Jung (1911-1986)
2. Robert Bradford Wheaton passed away in 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Timmers 26

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.619.1

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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