Vénus couronnée par les amours (Venus Crowned by Cherubs)
Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 - 1776, after François Boucher, French, 1703 - 1770
1773
Crayon-manner etching and engraving printed in red and black ink on laid paper
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.948.18.1
Publisher
Gilles Demarteau, Paris
Geography/Culture
Europe, Belgium
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Par Boucher I.er [er in superscript] Peintre du Roy; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: Gravé par Demarteau 1773; inscribed, in plate, lower center: VENUS COURONNÉE PAR LES AMOURS / A Paris Chez Demarteau Graveur et Pensionaire du Roy rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche; inscribed, in plate, lower right: N.o [o in superscript] 378
Exhibition History
Representing Myth: The Classical Tradition in Western Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-August 17, 1995.
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.
Catalogue Raisonne
Leymarie (1896): 378; Roux (1949), IFF: 378
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