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Marco Dente, designer

Venus Wounded by the Rose's Thorn, ca. 1516

Description

Maker

  • After Raphael, 1483-1520, Italian
  • Marco Dente, ca. 1493-1527, Italian, designer

Title

Venus Wounded by the Rose's Thorn

Year

ca. 1516

Medium

Engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 26.4 x 17 cm (10 3/8 x 6 11/16 inches)

Identification

State

state ii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift in memory of William Babcock Weeden by his children

Object Number

43.400.123

Projects & Publications

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Marco Dente studied engraving in the studio of Marcantonio Raimondi. Like his master, he produced engravings almost exclusively after Raphael’s tonal drawings and paintings. Dente’s works were influential in elaborating the taste for Marcantonio’s system, by repeating it almost exactly. Some of Dente’s copperplates were published later in the 16th century by the Roman publisher Antonio Salamanca. This impression is such an example, and was furthermore retouched by the Roman engraver Francesco Villamena.

The engraving depicts Venus pulling a thorn from her foot after running through the forest barefoot. According to the ancient poet Bion of Smyrna (ca. 100 BCE), her blood stained the rose’s petals red. Dente probably reproduced a preparatory drawing for one of the frescoes by Raphael (or perhaps his pupil Giulio Romano) found in the bathroom of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican Palace.

Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference

December 15, 1965 - January 9, 1966

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