GIORGIO GHISI (1520-82)

Venus and Vulcan

c.1540-1580

Engraving | 28.5 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851783

An engraving after a design which Bartsch ascribes to Perino del Vaga. Signed with engraver's monogram on tablet at lower right: GMF.

Creator(s)

Giorgio Ghisi (1520-82) (engraver)

After a work attributed to Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-Rome 1547) (artist)
28.5 x 20.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  
  Literature
  
  Fiction
  
  Tales & legends
  
  Myths
- Religion & Theology
  
  Religions and faiths
  
  Religions of antiquity
  
  Classical mythology
  
  Venus (mythology)
  
  Cupid
- Science, Medicine and Technology
  
  Engineering & Technology
  
  Military engineering
  
  Arms (weapons)
  
  Arrows
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.84-5 (The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi / introduction and entries by Suzanne Boorsch : catalogue raisonné by Michal and R.E. Lewis. )