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Title:Venus de' Medici; view from the front
Artist:Peter van Lint (Flemish, Antwerp 1609–1690 Antwerp)
Date:1640
Medium:Black chalk, brush and gray wash, white heightening on blue paper
Dimensions:16 1/2 x 10 13/16in. (41.9 x 27.4cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1964
Object Number:64.197.8
Signature: Recto, bottom, in black chalk: "PVL (in monogram) D.L. a Roma/1640"
Inscription: Recto, lower right, in the artist's hand, in brush and grey wash: Die hier to veele van my hiel/verloor gesondhÿt goedt en ziel (trans: He who here loved me too much, lost health, wealth and soul). Verso, lower right, in graphite: 727699 (?) Verso, bottom right, in graphite: 64.197.8
Marking: Verso, bottom right: MMA stamp
John Mills(according to vendor); Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. , June 16-July 17, 1964, no.66
Athens. National Pinakothiki, Alexander Soutzos Museum. "Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," 1979.
Davis Museum and Cultural Center. "Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens: Selected works from American collections," October 15, 1993 - February 20, 1994.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens: Selected works from American collections," October 15, 1993 - February 20, 1994.
Wellesley College Art Museum, Wellesley, Massachusetts. "Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens: Selected works from American collections," October 15, 1993 - February 20, 1994.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 6–April 13, 1997.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Materials and Techniques," April 29–July 26, 2021.
Exhibition of Old Master Drawings. Exh. cat., June 16-July 7. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no. 65.
Jacob Bean Flemish Drawings and Prints of the 17th Century. Exh. cat.: Prints and Drawings Galleries, February 17 through April 15. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, P.7, checklist no.15.
Carlos van Hasselt, Fondation Custodia-Collection Frits Lugt, Kunstmuseum Bern Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from the Collection of Frits Lugt. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1972, cat. no. under no.49, p. 66.
Andrea Busiri Vici Peter, Hendrik e Giacomo Van Lint. Tre pittori di Anversa del '600 e '700 lavorano a Roma. Rome, 1987, Mentions Van Lint's three drawings of Venus and illustrates all three., fig. no. 16, p. 11, ill.
Anne Marie Logan Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens, Selected Works from American Collections. 1993, cat. no. 34, fig. no. 34, pp. 172-173, ill.
"Drawing: Fresh Thoughts" Drawing. vol. 15, no.3, Sept-Oct, 1993, p. 62, ill.
Hans Vlieghe "Review of Exhibition "Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens. Selected Works from American Collections" Master Drawings. 1995, cat. no. 34, p. 182.
Konrad Renger, Claudia Denk Bilder einer Göttin. Ex. cat. Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Feb 1 2001-Apr 22 2001, Van Lint's two other drawings of the Medici Venus in the Met (Z8), and the Fondation Custodia, Coll. F. Lugt, Paris (Z6) are also included., cat. no. Z7, fig. no. Z7, pp. 228-229, ill.
Joaneath Spicer, Odilia Bonebakker, Joaneath Spicer, David Franklin Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada. Exh. cat., 5/23-9/1/2003 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; 7/24-10/17/2004 Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge; 11/20/2004-2/20/2005 Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2003, fig. no. 95, pp. 158-159, ill.
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