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Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Cart
Accession Number
1960/2.130
Title
Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Cart
Artist(s)
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
Object Creation Date
1531-1574
Medium & Support
etching and engraving on paper
Dimensions
10 ⅞ in x 16 in (27.62 cm x 40.64 cm);18 ⅛ in x 22 ⅛ in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Label copy
Gallery Rotation Spring/Summer 2012
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
Italy, active 1531–1574
Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car
1531–74
Etching and engraving
Museum purchase, 1960/2.130
The popularity of classical mythology reached its zenith during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, before the Catholic Church curtailed the use of pagan themes in the arts. Like many of his contemporaries, Bonasone turned to the ancient Roman poet Ovid (43 BC–17/18 AD), and his seminal text, Metamorphoses, for inspiration. Here he shows Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, seated in a chariot pulled by swans, an attribute described in Ovid’s narration of her love affair with the beautiful mortal Adonis. In this story Venus warns her beloved against hunting the wild boar that will inevitably kill him; he does not pay heed and after departing in her chariot, she hears Adonis’s anguished, last cries. With this the goddess of love herself experiences the sorrow of loss.
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.
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.
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
intaglio print
Collection Area
Western
Rights
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Keywords
chariots (ancient vehicles)
engravings (prints)
etchings (prints)
intaglio printing
literary theory
natural landscapes
1960/2.130
Title
Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Cart
Artist(s)
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
Object Creation Date
1531-1574
Medium & Support
etching and engraving on paper
Dimensions
10 ⅞ in x 16 in (27.62 cm x 40.64 cm);18 ⅛ in x 22 ⅛ in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Label copy
Gallery Rotation Spring/Summer 2012
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
Italy, active 1531–1574
Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Car
1531–74
Etching and engraving
Museum purchase, 1960/2.130
The popularity of classical mythology reached its zenith during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, before the Catholic Church curtailed the use of pagan themes in the arts. Like many of his contemporaries, Bonasone turned to the ancient Roman poet Ovid (43 BC–17/18 AD), and his seminal text, Metamorphoses, for inspiration. Here he shows Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, seated in a chariot pulled by swans, an attribute described in Ovid’s narration of her love affair with the beautiful mortal Adonis. In this story Venus warns her beloved against hunting the wild boar that will inevitably kill him; he does not pay heed and after departing in her chariot, she hears Adonis’s anguished, last cries. With this the goddess of love herself experiences the sorrow of loss.
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.
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.
Primary Object Classification
Primary Object Type
intaglio print
Collection Area
Western
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Keywords
chariots (ancient vehicles)
engravings (prints)
etchings (prints)
intaglio printing
literary theory
natural landscapes
