Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, Venus and Adonis, ca. 1690
- Title:
- Venus and Adonis
- Date:
- ca. 1690
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint, before all letters on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/8 × 13 13/16 inches (25.7 × 35.1 cm), Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (25.1 × 34.3 cm), Image: 9 9/16 × 13 1/2 inches (24.3 × 34.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "Venus and Adonis proof Smith"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "#37"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1053
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cloak | goddess | horn | horn (musical instrument) | hunting | hunting dogs | love | man | nude | religious and mythological subject | spear | wings | wisdom
- Associated People:
- Venus
Adonis
Cupid - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22743
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Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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