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The Feast of Venus, with groups of satyrs, nymphs, and putti dancing around a statue of Venus

After Peter Paul Rubens Flemish
Publisher Frans van Stampart Flemish
1732
Not on view
After the painting by Rubens in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Feast of Venus, with groups of satyrs, nymphs, and putti dancing around a statue of Venus
  • Artist: Anton Joseph von Prenner (Austrian, Wallerstein 1683–1761 Vienna)
  • Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Frans van Stampart (Flemish, Antwerp 1675–1750 Vienna)
  • Date: 1732
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 5/8 × 13 1/8 in. (24.5 × 33.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.7631
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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