Jean Pierre Simon

Venus:the Loves Play Around Her, Harmony is in Her Train

Maker

Jean Pierre Simon (British, a. 1750-c. 1810)
John Flaxman (English, 1755 - 1826), designer
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), publisher
Ostervald the Elder, publisher

Title

Venus:the Loves Play Around Her, Harmony is in Her Train

Year

1803

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

stipple engraving (printing process)

Supports

Dimensions

28.7 x 43.5 cm (11 5/16 x 17 1/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil inscribed, LR:29[inscribed in circle] ; inscribed in black and red ink on white label in UL:EA/434/RIn Plate--Inscribed, LL:Flaxman del. ; inscribed, LR:J. P. Simon Sculp. ; titled, LC:VENUS ; inscribed left side of bottom margin:THE LOVES PLAY AROUND HER, / HARMONY IS IN HER TRAIN. ; inscribed, right side of bottom margin:LES AMOURS VOLTIGENT AUTOUR D'ELLE,/L' HARMONIE L'ACCOMPAGNE. ; inscribed along bottom of plate:London Pub: 16. Sep. 1803. by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts .101. Strand.Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale, an 12.Et à Paris chez, l'ainé, Rue Pelletier, N°. 3.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.890

Type

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Tombstone

Jean Pierre Simon (British, a. 1750-c. 1810)
John Flaxman (English, 1755 - 1826), designer
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), publisher
Ostervald the Elder, publisher
Venus:the Loves Play Around Her, Harmony is in Her Train, 1803
stipple engraving (printing process)
28.7 x 43.5 cm (11 5/16 x 17 1/8 inches) (plate)
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.890

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