Venus de' Medici; view from the back

Signature: Recto, bottom, in black chalk: PVL (in monogram) D.L. a Roma/1640

Inscription: Recto, lower right, in artist's hand, in pen and grey wash: Die hier te veele van mÿ hiel/ verloor gesondhÿdt goedt en ziel (trans.: He who here loved me too much, lost health and soul).
Verso, bottom right, in graphite: 727700 (?)
Verso, bottom right, in graphite: 64.197.8

Marking: Watermark (for a similar watermark, see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Hilversum, 1950, no.1605, listed as "Rome 1577").
Verso, bottom right: MMA stamp

John Mills(according to vendor); Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. , June 16-July 17, 1964, no.65

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Flemish Drawings and Prints," September 19–November 12, 1989.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 6–April 13, 1997.

Exhibition of Old Master Drawings. Exh. cat., June 16-July 7. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no. 66.

Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte, Florence, Carlos van Hasselt, Albert Blankert Artisti Olandesi e Fiamminghi in Italia Mostra di disegni del Cinque e Seicento della collezione Frits Lugt. 1966, p. 66.

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.8, checklist no.16.

Carlos van Hasselt, Collection Frits Lugt-Fondation Custodia, 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., cat. no. 15, p. 11, ill.

Anne Marie Logan Flemish Drawings in the Age of Rubens, Selected Works from American Collections. 1993, cat. no. under no.34, pp. 172-173.

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 (Z7), and the Fondation Custodia, Coll. F. Lugt, Paris (Z6) are also included., cat. no. Z8, fig. no. Z8, 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, pp. 158-159.