Venus and Mercury before Jupiter with a Scene from the Trojan War
- 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
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 12003582
- Also In
- Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-dzw9-ap04