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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.7
People
Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret, French (Bordeaux 1782 - 1863 Paris)
Title
Venus and Vulcan Arming Lovers
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Venus et Vulcan Armant les Amours
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c.1803
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379126

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 25.7 × 17.5 cm (10 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32.7 × 23.8 cm (12 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left: Jul. Romanus pxt.
  • inscription: lower right: P. Bergeret delt.
  • inscription: lower right, in image: PB [monogram]
  • inscription: lower center, below image: Venus & Vulcain armant les Amours.
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: EP. 108

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Claude Poulard, Saint Pierre les Nemours, France, sold [through eBay]; to Dominique Vasseur, Oberlin, Ohio, 2019, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Graff 9; Laran 24; Vasseur 4

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dominique H. Vasseur with admiration and in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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