Mars, Venus, and Amor

Marcantonio Raimondi1508

Details

Title: Mars, Venus, and Amor
Creator: Marcantonio Raimondi
Date Created: 1508
Signatures / Inscriptions: Monogram, lower center: “MAF”; inscribed on suit of armor, lower center: “FZ”
Print State: Third of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: Mars, mythology, Venus
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 300 mm x 213 mm (11.81 in. x 8.39 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 345 ii/ii (vol. 14, p. 257); Henri Delaborde 119 iii/iii (reproduced); Illustrated Bartsch 345 (vol. 26, p. 41); Shoemaker 13a; Dean, Fairbanks, & Pon, Changing Impressions (Yale University Art Gallery, 1999), cat. no. 10, pp. 22–43.
Associated People: Created by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, ca. 1470/1482 - 1527/1534)
Accession Number: 1947.D1.204

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