PrintsDutch16th century

Venus Presiding Over the Arts of Love

1596

Artists

Jan SaenredamArtist

Hendrick GoltziusArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink with added heightening in red to the flesh areas, now discolored and partially effaced, on white antique laid paper, darkened to tan

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 25.5 × 17.7 cm (10 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.) sheet: 28.4 × 20.5 cm (11 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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