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Venus Surrounded by Putti

Arthur Pond British
ca. 1735
Not on view
Pond made a number of prints for a large project entitled "Prints in Imitation of Drawings" which publicised private collections of Old Master drawings. Employing a variety of subtle techniques he carefully replicated a range of media and support. Here using a combination of intaglio and relief techniques he reproduced a pen-and-ink drawing, with white heightening, on blue paper by the seventeenth-century Italian artist Parmigianino who was widely admired in eighteenth-century Britain. The lettering on the print indicates that Pond reproduced a drawing then in the collection of Sir Anthony Wescombe.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Venus Surrounded by Putti
  • Series/Portfolio: Prints in Imitation of Drawings
  • Artist: Arthur Pond (British, London 1701–1758 London)
  • Artist: After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503–1540 Casalmaggiore)
  • Date: ca. 1735
  • Medium: Etching, aquatint, and colored woodcut
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 5/8 x 1 in. (16.8 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.602.274
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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