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Venus
Domenico Campagnola (Italian, 1500–1564)
1517
Medium/Technique
Engraving and stipple
Dimensions
Sheet: 9.5 x 13.2 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession NumberM27588
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 7; Hind 13, only state; Illustrated Bartsch 10, only state
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
Provenance17th or 18th century, probably purchased by either Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1621 - d. 1668), or his son Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1656 - d. 1733), Wilton House; by descent to their heirs, including Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1880 - d. 1960), who sold 16 albums that contained the print collection; July 5-6, 1917, Wilton House sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 48 (2 prints), purchased for £15.10 by the MFA. (Accession Date: October, 1917)