Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto
Venus, the goddess of love, urges her son Cupid to shoot his arrow at Pluto, ruler of the underworld. Pluto thus becomes inflamed with love for Proserpine, the daughter of a god, whom he carries off to his dark underworld kingdom. The drawing served as a model for an engraving by Crispijn van de Passe the Younger. This engraving was part of a series of illustrations
for Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
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Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto
Venus, the goddess of love, urges her son Cupid to shoot his arrow at Pluto, ruler of the underworld. Pluto thus becomes inflamed with love for Proserpine, the daughter of a god, whom he carries off to his dark underworld kingdom. The drawing served as a model for an engraving by Crispijn van de Passe the Younger. This engraving was part of a series of illustrations
for Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
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Gift of H. Hoedemaker, Amsterdam
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Schenking van de heer H. Hoedemaker, Amsterdam
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Venus, de godin van de liefde, ...... teveranderingen – van Ovidius.
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Venus, the goddess of love, ur ...... ions
for Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
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RP-T-1918-229
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Rijksmuseum
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Venus Urging Cupid to Shoot his Arrow at Pluto
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Venus vraagt Cupido zijn pijl op Pluto af te schieten
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1586 - 1639
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1586 - 1639
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breedte 223 mm
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height 164 mm
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hoogte 164 mm
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width 223 mm
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Collectie: tekeningen
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Collection: drawings
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temporal
eerste kwart 17e eeuw
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first quarter 17th century
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fourth quarter 16th century
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second quarter 17th century
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tweede kwart 17e eeuw
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vierde kwart 16e eeuw
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