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Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, Venus and Adonis, undated
- Title:
- Venus and Adonis
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 inches (26.4 × 35.6 cm), Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 7/16 inches (25.1 × 34.1 cm), Image: 9 9/16 × 13 3/8 inches (24.3 × 34 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "#38"
Lettered, lower left: "Mrs Ann Killegrew pinx: B Lens fe:"; lettered, lower center: "Venus & Adonis"; lettered, lower right: "printed for Jo. Bowles at the Black Horse Cornhill."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1054
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cloak | goddess | Horn (Musical instrument) | hunting | hunting dogs | love | man | nude | religious and mythological subject | spear | wings | wisdom
- Associated People:
- Adonis
Cupid
Venus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22744
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