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Juno Wearing the Girdle of Venus
1767
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.9 x 26.8 cm (14 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.)(trimmed a few millimeters within the platemark at the sides and bottom, and apparently at the top)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP14074
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 27
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Ga. Hamilton pinxit Dom. Cunego sculp. Romae 1767 / JUNO / Cincta Veneris Zonâ Jovem deludere parat - Girt with the Zone of Venus prepares to deceive Jupit [remainder of inscription is cut off]"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897