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Bathing Venus
Peter Vischer the Youngerc. 1515
Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach
In the form of a goddess of springs, Venus, the epitome of beauty and fertility, casually causes the water to flow from her pitcher. The flute in her right hand symbolizes the spring, which brings life to nature. The lush nature, shaded with hatching, and the sculptural design emphasized by red chalk bring this poetic depiction to life.
Details
- Title: Bathing Venus
- Creator: Peter Vischer the Younger
- Date Created: c. 1515
- Physical Dimensions: 17.6 × 17.6 cm
- Technique and Material: Red chalk, pen and brown wash
- Provenance: Count J. G. de la Gardie Collection, acquired in 1934 from a descendant
- Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
- Inv.-No.: KdZ 15311
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018511
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kupferstichkabinett/home.html
- Copyright: Photo © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett/ Jörg P. Anders; Text © Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, A Cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017, Munich: Prestel, 2016; cat. no. 70 / Dorothee Wagner
- Catalogue: https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/book/Renaissance-and-Reformation/Stephanie-Buck/Prestel-com/e504919.rhd
- Artist Dates: 1487 Nuremberg–1528 Nuremberg
- Artist Biography: The cutler and medalist probably trained with his father, the iron founder Peter Vischer the Elder, under whose direction he worked on the tomb sculpture for Saint Sebaldus in Nuremberg. A trip to Italy by Peter the Younger before 1507 has been proposed by scholars. In addition to plaques, Vischer produced copies from Dürer studies on proportion—testimony to his considerable interest in the human figure.
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