Venus and Mercury Artist: Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611)

ca. 1600

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Pen and brown ink and gray wash, heightened with white

Dimensions

sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 in. (37 × 25.4 cm)
framed: 23 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (59.06 × 43.82 cm)

Credit Line

Enoch Vine Stoddard, B.A. 1905, Fund

Accession Number

1974.38

Geography

Made in Flanders

Culture

Flemish

Period

16th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
John Gaskin? (a letter from Anthony Blunt in the curatorial files clarifies that Gaskin had been the owner, and not Blunt, who had been listed in the Colnaghi sale catalogue); acquired from P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London
Bibliography
  • Lisa Hodermarsky, Suzanne Boorsch, and John J. Marciari, Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 26, 29, 98, 111–13, 248, no. 29, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Marks

WM: double eagle with crown above

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