Venus stepping out of the sea, holding a billowing drapery in her left hand, Cupid at right offering pearls while riding a dolphin and a putto at left offering flowers, another in the clouds
Guido Reni|Anonymous
ca. 1600–40
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 8 11/16 × 6 7/16 in. (22.1 × 16.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.5051
Tags
CupidVenusDolphins
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Anonymous · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...