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Venus and Cupid (from Variae Deorum Ethnicorum Effigies or Divers pourtraicturs of Heathen Gods)

After Franz Cleyn German
1654
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Venus and Cupid (from Variae Deorum Ethnicorum Effigies or Divers pourtraicturs of Heathen Gods)
  • Artist: Josias English (British, active from 1649, died 1705)
  • Artist: After Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London)
  • Date: 1654
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 3 3/8 in. (14.8 × 8.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.15-145
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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