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

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

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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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