Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Venus en Cupido
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Venus en Cupido” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Venus en Cupido staand weergegeven in een ovaal. De prent is genummerd en lijkt daarom onderdeel te zijn van een serie met planeten, maar er zijn geen andere prenten uit deze serie bekend.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-10.135
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole life1579–1587
Pupil: Jan Saenredam
late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
c. 1584
Meeting Karel van Mander
He met the painter and his future biographer Karel van Mander, a refugee from Flanders, who introduced him to the drawings of Bartholomeus Spranger, then working in Prague for Rudolf II. Spranger's works exerted a significant influence on Goltzius's art.
1585–1587
Pupil: Jacob de Gheyn II
