Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis
Jean Mignon
(French, active c. 1535–1555)
Luca Penni
(Italian, 1500–1556)
1540s
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 28.1 × 23.9 cm (11 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineGeorge Peabody Gardner Fund
Accession number63.987
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ProvenanceLucien Goldschmidt (born Brussels 1912, died New York 1992, catalogue 31, no. 47, cover ill.); from whom purchased by MFA, June 19, 1963.
Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune
1789