Crouching Venus / Marcantonio Raimondi
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.289
- Title
- Crouching Venus
- Artist
- Marcantonio Raimondi
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- ca. 1475-before 1534
- Medium and Support
- engraving on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1505-1506
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Rome
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 4
- Rome
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- In plate, on stone at l.r.: MAF
- Dimensions
- 22 cm x 14.4 cm (8 11/16 in. x 5 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- engraving
- Physical Description
- A nude woman is seen in profile crouching and turning her head toward the viewer. She is backed up against a short pedestal or wal, on top of which a winged cupid bends towards the woman. On the right side is a slender tree, and behind the figures is an expansive landscape.
- Subject Matter
- The Hellenistic depiction of the crouching Venus was frequently reproduced in Roman times; this work by Marcantonio Raimondi demonstrates that these images of Venus were known and valued by 15th-16th century artists, especially those in the circle of Raphael.
- Primary Keywords
- bending
- engraving (printing process)
- figures (illustrations)
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- nudes
- winged
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- figures (representations)
- forming
- genres in the arts
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- image-making processes and techniques
- images and ornament
- information form components
- intaglio printing processes
- layout features
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- objects we use
- people and culture
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 815 x 1245
- File Size
- 142 KB
- Record
- 1984/1.289
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-1.289/1984_1.289.jpg
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"Crouching Venus; Marcantonio Raimondi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-1.289/1984_1.289.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.