Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car / Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.130
- Title
- Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car
- Artist
- Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1531 - 1574)
- Medium and Support
- etching and engraving on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1531-1574
- Object Creation Place
- Europe
- Italian
- Creation Place 1
- Europe
- Creation Place 2
- Italian
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed on plate: IVLIO BONASONO INVENTORE Watermark:
- Dimensions
- 27.6 cm x 40.6 cm (10 7/8 in. x 16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- etching and engraving
- Physical Description
- Venus and Cupid are seen sitting in a chariot pulled by two swans that are embraced by two putti. Behind is a landscape with towns and houses.
- Subject Matter
- Venus and Cupid, shown with her attributes of putti and her swan-drawn chariot or car were popular images in the 16th century.
- Primary Keywords
- chariots (ancient vehicles)
- engravings
- etchings
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- natural landscapes
- swans
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- birds
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- genres in the arts
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio prints
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- landscapes (environments)
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1409 x 953
- File Size
- 362 KB
- Record
- 1960/2.130
- Link to this Item
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"Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car; Giulio di Antonio Bonasone." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.130/1960_2.130.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
