ECL-Bn.14:101-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:101-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Gem
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The gem is roughly pear-shaped and is set in a frame. Nude Venus sits on a drape on a rock or a cushion with her back to the viewer and turning her head to look up to her left.
Below in a panel is the inscription: Venus in Calcedonio in Cameo apud Equitem Andream Fontana.
Above the inscription: W.Kent sculp.
Below in a panel is the inscription: Venus in Calcedonio in Cameo apud Equitem Andream Fontana.
Above the inscription: W.Kent sculp.
Content (object)
gem
Dimensions
height (actual size): 282mm
width (actual size): 214mm
width (actual size): 214mm
Inscription
See Description:
Below in a panel is the inscription: Venus in Calcedonio in Cameo apud Equitem Andream Fontana.
Above the inscription: W.Kent sculp.
Below in a panel is the inscription: Venus in Calcedonio in Cameo apud Equitem Andream Fontana.
Above the inscription: W.Kent sculp.
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Kent, William, 1685 - 1748 (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730