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Plate 31 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Chorus Veneris

Maker

(artist)
1615-1700



(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)

Title

Plate 31 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Chorus Veneris

Date of Production

1693

Medium

etching on paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 31.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.24.31

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Petrus Sanctus Bartolus del. et sculp. / CHORVS VENERIS AFPO ?ITHS / LASCIVAE DORSO CAPRAE SVPER AEQVORA LABENS LAETATVR PATRIOS CYTHEREIA CVRRERE FLVCTVS MOLLIB.[u]s ORTA VNDIS TENERORV[M] MATER AMORV[M]. / Aeternittem in sepulcris Antiqui designare solebant: unde varia Maronorum Deorum emblemata; cum ex Oceano cuncta gigni, crearique crederent. / Sequens tabula eiusdem est argumenti / In oede D. Francisci ad Ripas. //

Inscription: 31 //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: 980/60(8) //

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