Venus straft Amor, Agostino Carracci, c. 1590 - c. 1595
Agostino Carracci, portraitAgostino CarracciItalian, 1557–1602

Venus straft Amor

c. 1590 - c. 1595 · Print

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Where is “Venus straft Amor” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

Museum text in Dutch

Amor is geblinddoekt en wordt opgetild door een putto. Venus staat klaar om Amor met een takkenbos te slaan. Op de grond links zit een huilende putto.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
RP-P-OB-35.675

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

In the life of Agostino Carracci

The whole life
  1. 1588–1589

    Collaboration with Veronese and Tintoretto

    In Venice he entered into creative collaboration with Paolo Veronese, whose official engraver he became, and with Tintoretto, who greatly valued his graphic abilities.

  2. 1588–1589 · Workplace

    Venice

  3. 1589–1594 · Workplace

    Bologna

  4. 1594 · Workplace

    Rome

  5. 1595 · Workplace

    Bologna

  6. 1597–1600 · Workplace

    Rome

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