Mars, Venus and Cupid: P.5376-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mars, Venus and Cupid

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)
Dürer, Albrecht (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Notes

History note: Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. (1771-1823) sale at Sotheby's 29th March and 11 following days, 1824, Lot 758 (1 print); bt. S. Woodburn for the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1824) by Sykes, Mark Masterman

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1508

Note

Second altered state to create a false proof. Paper templates have been used to mask the printing of the Medusa motif and the flame of Venus' torch. The template for the mask was adhered to the plate with ink with some skill, so that there is no evidence that the template slipped or that ink seeped out during the printing process. The template for the flame was less successful: it also obscrued part of the border and the very top of the torch, and these have been replaced with pen and ink. With Raimondi's monogram and the date.

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.5376-R
Primary reference Number: 127391
Bartsch: Not in Bartsch
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mars, Venus and Cupid" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/127391 Accessed: 2024-05-05 23:17:11

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            University of Cambridge}}

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