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Jean Pierre Simon

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

Maker

  • Ostervald the Elder
  • Rudolph Ackermann
  • Jean Pierre Simon
  • John Flaxman

Title

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

Medium

stipple engraving (printing process)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • stipple engraving (printing process)

Techniques

  • stipple engraving (printing process)

Supports

  • Heavy weight cream wove paper

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.

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.890

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

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.

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