Venus sleeping naked
Maker
After
(artist)
1640-1711
(printmaker)
1749-1819
(publisher)
1723-1797
(publisher)
act. 1773-1791 (Life dates)
(artist)
1640-1711
(printmaker)
1749-1819
(publisher)
1723-1797
(publisher)
act. 1773-1791 (Life dates)
Title
Venus sleeping naked
Date of Production
1777
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7015.74
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
Literature
Dutch and Flemish Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700
Fig. p. vol. X, p. 20, no. 85 (after Lairesse)
Fig. p. vol. X, p. 20, no. 85 (after Lairesse)
Inscriptions
Inscription: Gravé à Paris par C. G. Schultz, Pensionnaire de S.A.S. l'Electeur de Saxe 1777. //
Inscription: Tiré du Cabinet de M. le Brun / D'après le Tableau Original de Gerard Lairesse De la grandeur de 5 pieds sur 4 1/2 de haut. / Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant M.ds d'Estampes, rue et Hôtel Serpente. //
Inscription: Lebrun Galerie 1792 //
Inscription: Peint par Gerard Lairesse. //
Inscription: Tiré du Cabinet de M. le Brun / D'après le Tableau Original de Gerard Lairesse De la grandeur de 5 pieds sur 4 1/2 de haut. / Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant M.ds d'Estampes, rue et Hôtel Serpente. //
Inscription: Lebrun Galerie 1792 //
Inscription: Peint par Gerard Lairesse. //
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