Venus (Aphrodite). Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1746.

  • Richard Dalton
Date:
9 Jan.y 1746
Reference:
663775i
Part of:
Ancient sculptures in Rome and Florence. Etchings by and after Richard Dalton, 174-.
  • Pictures
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view Venus (Aphrodite). Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1746.
View

Public Domain Mark

You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Read more about this licence.

Credit

Venus (Aphrodite). Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1746. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Selected images from this work

View 1 image

About this work

Description

The sculpture known as the "Medici Venus", in the Uffizi, Florence, from 1688 to 1800 and then from 1815 onwards: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 9 Jan.y 1746.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 51.8 x 35 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Venus e musaeo mediceo. R. Dalton del. ; F. Ravenet sculp. To the Hon.ble Stuart Mackenzie Esq.r this plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most oblig'd & obedient servant, R. Dalton

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 325-328, no. 88 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663775i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link