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Venus abducting Adonis: 31.I.9-163

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus abducting Adonis
Story of Adonis (six prints)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swanevelt, Herman van

Entities

Categories

Description

Temporary record

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.I.9-163
Primary reference Number: 40021
Bartsch: 102
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 19
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 March 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Venus abducting Adonis" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/40021 Accessed: 2024-04-27 16:02:40

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/40021 |title=Venus abducting Adonis |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-27 16:02:40|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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