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Giorgio Ghisi
Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bedmid-1550s

Not on view
Engraving with dense cross-hatching showing a nude seated female figure on an ornate throne, flanked by a bearded male figure and several small winged putti with bows and arrows
Artist or Maker
Giorgio Ghisi
Title
Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
mid-1550s
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 × 8 7/8 in. (30.48 × 22.54 cm) Image: 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (28.26 × 20.64 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.145
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Boorsch, Suzanne; Lewis, Michal; Lewis, R.E. The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985