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Venus and Vulcan seated on a bed

Venus and Vulcan seated on a bed
(mid 1550s)

Medium
engraving

Measurements
28.7 × 20.7 cm (image) 29.3 × 20.8 cm (plate) 30.1 × 21.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
David and Marion Adams Collection. Gift of David Adams in memory of his wife Marion Adams, 2011

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 35; Boorsch & Lewis 18 iii/iii

Edition
3rd of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink in image l.r.: GMF
inscribed in pencil l.c.: 106(0/26)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.-l.c. : Venus und an (...illeg.) / (...illeg.) B.35
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r. : Giorgio Ghisi / Montovana 1520–1582 / LZH
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l. : 2686–
inscribed in pencil on old mount l.r. : A125– 134 (134 in a circle) / Bl. HHS.- (...illeg.) / LZH

Accession Number
2011.512

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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