About the Artwork
Venus and Mercury
1520
Hans Burgkmair
1473-1531
German
Unknown
Etching printed in black on laid paper
Sheet (trimmd to platemark): 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 13.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S199
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
In plate, lower right: HB
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Scripps stamp in purple, lower left, verso, annotated in black ink: 1894
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Hans Burgkmair, Venus and Mercury, 1520, etching printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S199.
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