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Vénus sortie de la mer
The Birth of Venus
Vénus sortie de la mer
Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1480–1527/34)
1506
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 x 14.7 cm (8 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.2239
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 312
Marks
Recto, lower center, stamped in black ink -- mark of Edme Durand (Lugt 741)
Recto, lower left corner, stamped in black ink -- fragment of mark of Friedrich August II (Lugt 971)
Recto, lower left corner, stamped in black ink -- fragment of mark of Friedrich August II (Lugt 971)
ProvenanceEdme Durand (died 1835, Paris, Lugt 741); probably included in his sale, Paris, Bénard, March 19-31, 1821 [not verified]; Friedrich August II (1797-1854, Dresden, Lugt 971); probably included in his sale, Leipzig, Boerner, May 7-9, 1928 [not verified];William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1964, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: January 13, 1965)