PrintsGerman16th century

Crouching Venus

c. 1525-1530

Artists

Albrecht AltdorferArtist

Marcantonio RaimondiArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 6.1 × 4 cm (2 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague (Lugt 2773). [R. M. Light & Co., Inc., Boston, New York, and Scottsdale], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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