Waternimf Venus Acidalia, Philips Galle, 1587

Title(s)

Waternimf Venus Acidalia
Acidalia (title on object)
Stroom- en waternimfen (series title)
Nimpharum oceanitidum, ephydridum potamidum naiadum (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/17

Object number

RP-P-1898-A-19930

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 434-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

De riviergodin Venus Acidalia, gezeten op een stenen blok. De prent maakt deel uit van een zeventiendelige serie over stroom- en waternimfen.

Artist

• print maker: Philips Galle
• after design by: Philips Galle
• publisher: Philips Galle

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1587

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height c. 165 mm × width c. 101 mm

What

• other specific aspects of Venus (with NAME)

Acquisition

purchase Sep-1898

Copyright

Public domain

• Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, Manfred Sellink, p. 135; p. 141 (afb.), cat.nr. 434