Venus Bound to a Tree and Minerva Punishing Cupid, ca. 1586 - 1632

burin engraving, paper
172 x 216 mm
Inv. 2013-FY

Cornelis I Galle

Antwerp 1576 - Antwerp 1650
engravers (printmakers)

Agostino Carracci

Bologna 1557 - Parma (?) 1602
after

Raphael I Sadeler

Antwerp ca. 1560 - 1561 - ca. 1632
publisher

Raphael II Sadeler

Antwerp 1584 - Munich 1632
publisher

print room mythologies (religious concept) landscapes (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) 16th century 17th century

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Venus is tied to a tree with her hands. Minerva pulls Amor by his upper arm and strikes him with her bridle. Her shield with the Medusa head lies on the ground.

Artist	Cornelis I Galle RKD Antwerp 1576 - Antwerp 1650 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Agostino Carracci RKD Bologna 1557 - Parma (?) 1602 after
	Raphael I Sadeler RKD Antwerp ca. 1560 - 1561 - ca. 1632 publisherAAT
	Raphael II Sadeler RKD Antwerp 1584 - Munich 1632 publisherAAT
Title	Venus Bound to a Tree and Minerva Punishing Cupid
Date	ca. 1586 - 1632
Period	16th century 17th century
Location	Southern Netherlands TGN
Medium and support	burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: August. Car. inu. Corn. Gall. sculpsit. R. Sadeler excu.
	inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Improba dat poenas petulantis mater Amoris:/ Nec minus has merito sustinet ipse puer.
	inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Corriît his sensus flagris Tritonia Pallas;/ Discat ut hinc sapiens nosse pudicitiam
	stamps (tools) on the reverse: Stad Gent / Museum voor schone kunsten
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number	2013-FY
Acquisition credit	unknown
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-FY
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6660/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass	25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 44G37 public punishment (death not intended or involved) Iconclass 45C19(SHIELD) protective weapons: shield Iconclass 45C22 armour Iconclass 45C221 helmet Iconclass 46C1411 harness Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Iconclass 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) Iconclass 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) Iconclass 92I711 Medusa (one of the Gorgons) Iconclass

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