Venus wounds her finger on the tip of Cupid's arrow. Etching by Bernard Picart after Raphael.

  • Raphael, 1483-1520.
Date:
[1734]
Reference:
2853750i
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Publication/Creation

[Amsterdam] : [Chez la veuve de Bernard Picart], [1734]

Physical description

1 print : etching, in brown ink ; platemark 26.3 x 17.2 cm

Lettering

Vénus se pique aux flêches de Cupidon. Gravé par B. Picart d'après le dessin de Rafaël, du cabinet de ****. Bears number: 4

References note

G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, pp. 61-62, 351 (the engraving by Agostino Veneziano; no mention of the version by Picart)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2853750i

Reproduction note

After: a fresco designed by Raphael or Giulio Romano for the Stufetta del cardinal Bibbiena, in the Vatican, 1516, possibly via an engraving by Agostino Veneziano, 1516 (Raphael invenit, loc. cit.)

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