Venus Wounded by Cupid’s Dart
Agostino dei Musi · 1516
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What the record supports
"Venus Wounded by Cupid’s Dart" is an engraving by Agostino dei Musi, created in 1516. This print, executed in black on cream laid paper, measures 18.1 × 13.4 cm (7 3/16 × 5 5/16 in.) for its trimmed image/sheet dimensions. Classified as a print, it is housed in the Prints and Drawings department and was acquired through The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund.
The artwork is identified as Italian in origin. Its known provenance includes an unidentified collector marked by a non-Lugt stamp on the verso, lower left. The Art Institute acquired the piece in 2015, purchasing it from Hill-Stone, Inc.
No information regarding exhibitions or literature for this specific artwork is provided in the supplied catalogue data. Similarly, details on the artist's nationality, birth year, or death year are not present in the catalogue entry, though a broader artist authority record identifies Agostino Veneziano as an Italian engraver (c. 1490 – c. 1540).
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Provenance
Ownership history
- Unidentified collector [stamp (not in Lugt), verso, lower left, in blue ink]. Sold by Hill-Stone, Inc. to the Art Institute, 2015.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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