Venus presenting Helen to Paris
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
Title
Venus presenting Helen to Paris
Date of Production
1.3.1805
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.8 cm
Width: 26.1 cm
Width: 26.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4341.7
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
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin left & recto : : Plate 8. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 3.425 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : VENUS PRESENTING HELEN TO PARIS. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : FULL IN HER PARIS SIGHT, THE QUEEN OF LOVE / HAD PLACED THE BEAUTEOUS PROGENY OF JOVE. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.3 Line 530. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Venus Helen Paris //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen and ink : lower margin centre & recto : later Witt inscription : Iliad //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil and ink : upper margin right & recto : later Witt inscription : Iliad //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left & recto : later Witt inscription : 834/21 (5) //
Inscription: inscription : stamp : lower centre & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 3.425 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : VENUS PRESENTING HELEN TO PARIS. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : FULL IN HER PARIS SIGHT, THE QUEEN OF LOVE / HAD PLACED THE BEAUTEOUS PROGENY OF JOVE. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.3 Line 530. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Venus Helen Paris //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli sculp. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen and ink : lower margin centre & recto : later Witt inscription : Iliad //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil and ink : upper margin right & recto : later Witt inscription : Iliad //
Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left & recto : later Witt inscription : 834/21 (5) //
Inscription: inscription : stamp : lower centre & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
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