Venus

Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, 1528–1598)

Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 7.5 x 4.7 cm (2 15/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession numberB444

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: 5; in scroll: VENVS; in lower margin: VOLVPTVM PARENS; and lower left: HSB [the monogram of Hans Sebald Beham]

ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 208), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)