Juno Wearing the Girdle of Venus

Gavin Hamilton (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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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