2011.619.3: Venus replenishing Cupid's quiver with arrows

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.619.3

People

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

Title

Venus replenishing Cupid's quiver with arrows

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/339704

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 21.2 x 16.8 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
sheet: 32 x 23.1 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: etched in plate margin, lower center : 3 Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv: et sculp: et per Nicolaum Visscher edit: cum Privil: Ord: General: Belgii Faederati
• 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 29

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.619.3

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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