Venus Discovers the Sleeping Adonis
Marcantonio Franceschini (1648–1729)
after 1692
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- Material/technique
- Pen and ink, brown wash over black chalk, grey washed, on paper, squared for transfer in black chalk, brown frame lines
- Measurements
- 402 × 292 mm
- Acquisition
- acquired in 2012 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
- Artists/makers/authors
- Marcantonio Franceschini
- Inventory number
- GR 8200
- Provenance
- presented to Alfred C. de Lafontaine by Marchesa Elisabetta Pieri-Nerli in March 1895: 7 July 1966 Sotheby's, London, lot 113; private collection; acquired in 4 July 2012 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein at Sotheby's London, auction "Old Master and British Paintings", lot 38
- Iconography
- Venus and Adonis
Sotheby's, Kat. Auktion Sotheby's London. Old Master & British Drawings Sale London, 04 Juli 2012, L12040, London 2012, Abb. 38
Ausst.-Kat. Liechtenstein. Die Fürstlichen Sammlungen, Regula Berger, Matthias Frehner und Rainer Lawicki (Hg.), Kunstmuseum, Bern 12.11.2016–19.3.2017, erschienen München 2016, S. 334, Kat.-Nr. 200
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