Herman van Swanevelt
The Birth of Adonis
1653
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Herman van Swanevelt
The Birth of Adonis
1653
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 255 x 332 mm. (10 1/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.4790
Plate 1 from the series of six prints "The Story of Adonis"; plate 5 from the series is also in the Garrett Collection (1946.112.4791). An impression of plate 3 is also held in the BMA collection (2001.341).
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate "1"; below image, lower left, in plate "Adonis Naist Mira / Et Diane prend lenfant pour lexerser a la Chasse"; below image, lower right, in plate "Mais Venus Jalouze espia / loccasion pour avoir lenfant"; below image, lower center, in plate "Herman Van Swaneuelt fecit et Excudit Cum preuilegio Regis 1654". Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "2548"; lower right in graphite "Bartsch 11. no 101 / premiere ep. avec l'address du Maitre"
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: sundial
