VENUS
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
213 x 110 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.13
Summary
(Folio 4, recto, lower right print) Venus in a niche, standing on a conch shell, with Cupid to her left. From Mythological Gods and Goddesses.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: CIIPRIA LASCIVI PVLCHERRIMA MATER AMORIS
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator