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Venus Emerging from the Sea
The Birth of Venus
Venus Emerging from the Sea
By collaborator: Pieter Soutman (Netherlandish, 1580–1657)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Publisher: Pieter Soutman (Netherlandish, 1580–1657)
Studio of: Pieter Soutman (Netherlandish, 1580–1657)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Publisher: Pieter Soutman (Netherlandish, 1580–1657)
Studio of: Pieter Soutman (Netherlandish, 1580–1657)
1625–50
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 40 x 48.5 cm (15 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1981.309
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein XXVII.12 first state of three
Dutuit Vol. 6, p. 148, 43 I/; Wurz. 18
N. 22
V.S. p. 124, 39
Marks
Recto, lower left, stamped in black ink -- mark of Edward Astley (Lugt 2774)
ProvenanceProbably Arthur Pond (1701-1758, London, cf. Lugt 2038); Edward Astley (1729-1802, Norfolk, England, Lugt 2774); probably included in his sale, London, Langford, March 27-April 14, 1760; Jeffrey Wortman (about 1945-2003, New York); from whom purchased by MFA, September 16, 1981.