PrintsFrench18th century

Venus and Adonis

18th century

Artists

Simon François Ravenet, the ElderArtist

Paolo Caliari, called VeroneseArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 32.8 × 25.8 cm (12 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.) Plate: 38.7 × 27.8 cm (15 1/4 × 10 15/16 in.) Sheet: 43.4 × 33.1 cm (17 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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