Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two prints: (a): The Loves of Venus and Adonis; (b): The Loves of Venus and Adonis

Artist and engraver Benoit Audran the Elder French

After Francesco Albani Italian

before 1741

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Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two prints: (a): The Loves of Venus and Adonis; (b): The Loves of Venus and Adonis
Artist and engraver: Benoit Audran the Elder (French, Lyon 1661–1721 Paris)
Artist: After Francesco Albani (Italian, Bologna 1578–1660 Bologna)
Date: before 1741
Medium: Engraving and etching
Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.62.46r(a,b)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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