Name
Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658 (Artist,Attributed name)
Title
Venus and Mercury before Jupiter with a Scene from the Trojan War
Accession Number
1990.08.081
Format
drawings
Culture
German (culture or style)
Genre
Figures (representations); Histories (visual works)
Origin Information
Germany
Date
No date (17th century)
Physical Description
1 drawing ; 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (26 x 19.4 cm)
Note (Medium/support)
Pen and gray ink and gray wash on paper
Note (Ownership)
Gift of the Estate of Lola Szladits
Note (Description)
This drawing may relate to a scene from Virgil's Aeneid
Note
New research in 2022 suggests the artist may be Franz Cleyn and that this drawing is a design for an illustrated engraving that appeared in "The Works of Virgil," translated by John Dryden (1697).
Library Location
Art Properties, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
12003582
Also In
Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-dzw9-ap04