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Venus and Eros: P.252-1944

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus and Eros

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, NiccolĂ 
Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the Fountaine-Walker Collection.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1944) by Barron, E. Evelyn

Dating

Production date: AD 1566

Note

Impression before the second block was printed.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.252-1944
Primary reference Number: 129392
Bartsch: 29
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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