Venus and Cupid Bind Mercury
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (38 × 25.8 cm) Sheet: 15 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (39.2 × 27 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3210
Tags
CupidMercuryVenus
About the Artist
Lucas Kilian|Bartholomeus Spranger|Jacob von Sandrart
Lucas Kilian (1579–1637) was one of the most celebrated engravers of early 17th-century Germany and the most prominent member of the Kilian dynasty of printmakers in Augsburg. Born in Augsburg in 1579, Lucas Kilian achieved international recognition for his technically virtuosic engravings and became a leading figure in the transition from late Renaissance to early Baroque printmaking styles. His ...