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Juno Wearing the Girdle of Venus

(Italian, 1727–1803)
(Scottish, 1723–1798)
1767
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 36.9 x 26.8 cm (14 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.)(trimmed a few millimeters within the platemark at the sides and bottom, and apparently at the top)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP14074
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom margin, "Ga. Hamilton pinxit Dom. Cunego sculp. Romae 1767 / JUNO / Cincta Veneris Zonâ Jovem deludere parat - Girt with the Zone of Venus prepares to deceive Jupit [remainder of inscription is cut off]"
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897