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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.619.2
People
Gérard de Lairesse, Dutch (Liège 1641 - 1711 Amsterdam)
Title
Venus and the sleeping Cupid
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/339703

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 21 x 16.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
sheet: 30.2 x 22.9 cm (11 7/8 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 1780
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, red ink stamp: JUNG [Richard Jung, Lugt 3791]
  • inscription: etched in plate margin, lower center: 2 Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Priv: Ord: Gen: Belgii Faederati.

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 28

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.619.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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