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Adolescentiam Pallas a Venere auellit (Ceiling of the Hall of Venus)

Maker

After
(artist)
1596-1669

Lambert de Visscher (engraver)
ca. 1633-died after 1690 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1627-1691

Title

Adolescentiam Pallas a Venere auellit (Ceiling of the Hall of Venus)

Date of Production

(c.) 1677

Medium

printed in black
engraving

Dimensions

Height: 41 cm
Width: 64.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7295.2

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: Adolescentiam Pallas a Venere auellit / Eques Petrus Berettinus Corton. pinx - florentiae in AEdibus Seren. magni Ducis Hetruriae in camera Veneris //

Inscription: Io. Iacob. de Rubeis formis Romae ad Temp, pacis cu priu. S. Pont. //

Inscription: PIETRO da Cortona / Pitti Palace / Camera Veneris //

Inscription: Radix amara Virtutis, fructus Suauis / L. Visscher sculpsit //

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