Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Venus and Adonis
| Date | 1557 after |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | engraving |
| Size(cm) | 32.1 x 22.6 |
| State | 2nd state |
| Standard ref. | Bartsch 42 (ii/vii) |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2003-0014 |
Provenance
Purchased by the NMWA, 2003.
Exhibition History
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 54
Bibliography
- 1977
- Ferrara, Stefano; Bellini, Paolo; D'Amico, Rosa. Incisori liguri e lombardi dal XV al XVIII secolo. Bologna, Editrice Compositori Bologna, 1977, no. 133
- 1980
- Massari, Stefania. Incisori mantovani del '500: Giovan Battista, Adamo, Diana Scultori e Giorgio Ghisi dalle collezioni del Gabinetto Nationale delle Stampe e della Calcografia Nationale. Roma, De Luca, 1980, p. 142, no. 204
- 1985
- The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi (exh. cat.). Lewis, Michal; Lewis, R. E., eds. Saint Louis Art Museum, 16 April - 26 May 1985; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 June - 1 September 1985; Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, 24 September - 10 November 1985. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985 , no. 42
- 1989
- "Massari, Stefania; Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Simonetta. Tra mito e allegoria: immagini a stampe nel '500 e '600. Roma, 1989, no. 114
- 1998
- L' opera incisa di Giorgio Ghisi (exh. cat.). Bellini, Paolo, ed. Palazzo Agostinelli, Bassano del Grappa, 8 May - 26 July 1998. Bassano del Grappa, Tassotti, 1998, cat. no. 31
- 2005
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 38 (Apr. 2003-Mar. 2004), 2005, List of New Acquisitions. p. 45.
- 2017
- Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017 (exh. cat.). Nakada, Asuka, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 85, 140, cat. no. 54, col. repr.