Medium
engraving
Measurements
4.4 × 3.0 cm (image and sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 118; Hollstein p. 74; Pauli 120 i
Edition
1st of 4 states
Inscription
printed (inverted) in ink (in image) u.l.: 5
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: ♀
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: VENVS / HSB (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: (Zodiac sign for Libra, the Balance)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: (Zodiac sign for Taurus, the Bull)
Accession Number
1278.582-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
allegory (artistic device) balances (scales) bulls (animals) personification planetary gods planets Venus (planet) zodiac symbols
Movements
Renaissance