Tribute to Venus

Title

Tribute to Venus

Draughtsman

• Hendrik Goudt

Part Number / Total

150 / 179

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque
• Northern European Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• study after a copperplate engraving
• composition study
• study

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Frau mit Weintrauben

Work Catalogues

• Möhle 1966.183.D.26

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1868

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Venus

Primary

• 92C479 veneration of Venus

Secondary

• 44BB1212 throne - BB - female ruler
• 31D15 adult woman
• 55C22 Offering; 'Offerta overo Oblatione' (Ripa)
• 41D9 (showing oneself) undressed, quasi-nude

Historic Attribution

• Netherlandish, 17th century draughtsman
• Adam Elsheimer circle; draughtsman