Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British

after Anne Killigrew, ca. 1660–ca. 1685, British
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)
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:
nude | cloak | wisdom | spear | goddess | man | hunting dogs | hunting | horn | horn (musical instrument) | wings | love | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22743