id:			157070
accession number:	1993.205.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.205.2
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:51.325000

Three Goddesses: Venus and Cupid, c. 1595. Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.205.2

title:				Venus and Cupid
title in original language:	
series:				Three Goddesses
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creation date:			c. 1595
creation date earliest:		1590
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein XXIII.47.61

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CREATORS

* Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565–1607)  - artist

* Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)  - artist

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state of the work:	I/II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
	opening date:   2017-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1996: Sets and Series: Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996, no cat.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Goltzius popularized a style of engraving with mesmerizing patterns of curving, tapering, and crisscrossing lines; it was especially appreciated in the late 1500s. Designed for his pupil Saenredam to engrave, these prints depict the three goddesses from the tale of <em>The Judgment of Paris</em>, in which each claimed the golden apple awarded to the most beautiful. Jupiter deferred judgment to Paris, a mortal esteemed for his fair-mindedness. Juno and Athena tried to bribe Paris with an empire and skill in war, but Venus made him an offer he could not resist: Helen, the world’s most beautiful woman. The peacock identifies Juno, queen of the gods and the jealous wife (and sister) of Jupiter. Clad in armor, Pallas Athena is the goddess of wisdom, the arts, and warfare; an owl is her sage companion. The presentation of the deities in separate prints suggests that viewers may also play Paris’s role and decide themselves which goddess the artists made most beautiful.
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