Venus (Aphrodite). Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1746.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
9 Jan.y 1746
Reference:
663775i
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Description

The sculpture known as the "Medici Venus", in the Uffizi, Florence, from 1688 to 1800 and then from 1815 onwards: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 9 Jan.y 1746.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 51.8 x 35 cm

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Lettering

Venus e musaeo mediceo. R. Dalton del. ; F. Ravenet sculp. To the Hon.ble Stuart Mackenzie Esq.r this plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most oblig'd & obedient servant, R. Dalton

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 325-328, no. 88 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663775i

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  • album of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy

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