Venus Sailt ot Mount Olympus
Gérard de Lairesse, Flemish, 1640 - 1711
1675-1680
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 8 1/2 × 6 11/16 in. (21.6 × 17 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 7 1/4 in. (23 × 18.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
2005.17.4
Portfolio / Series Title
Four Episodes in the Story of Venus
Geography
Place Made: Belgium, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: G. Lairesse.f; inscribed, lower left corner: 4
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2005.
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