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Venus mourning over Adonis: P.86-1944

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus mourning over Adonis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vaillant, Wallerant
Painter: Quellinus, Erasmus II (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund, July 1944.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1944)

Note

The dog behind Venus has been removed.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.86-1944
Primary reference Number: 162888
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 44-III
Wessely (Vaillant): 112
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 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) "Venus mourning over Adonis" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162888 Accessed: 2024-11-08 11:32:51

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162888 |title=Venus mourning over Adonis |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-08 11:32:51|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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