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Venus Commanding Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto

Pieter de Jode I Netherlandish
After Bartholomeus Spranger Netherlandish
Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch
ca. 1590–92
Not on view

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  • Title: Venus Commanding Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto
  • Artist: Pieter de Jode I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1570–Antwerp 1634)
  • Artist: After Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague)
  • Publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
  • Date: ca. 1590–92
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.1832
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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