Ver Veneris (Spring: Venus and Cupid)
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1560-1618
(publisher)
1560-1618
1532-1603
(engraver)
1560-1618
(publisher)
1560-1618
Title
Ver Veneris (Spring: Venus and Cupid)
Date of Production
1587
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 27 cm
Width: 27 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2756
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
Keywords
walkway
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper margin: “VER VENERI S. //”; lower margin: “M. de Vos inventor. Adrianus Collaert sculpsit et excudit. //”; lower margin: “1 Cum viridi rident verantes gramine campi, Alma Venus colitur; Venerem genus omne animantum / Et pictis pascunt horti oculos oculis; Sentit : amat blando tempore blanda coli. //”.
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