Venus Pricked by the Thorns of a Rose Bush; Cupid Asleep in the Foreground
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giorgio Ghisi|Luca Penni
Artist bio: Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua|Italian, Florence 1500/1504–1557 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1556
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (30.8 x 21.3 cm) within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Cupid|Venus|Trees|Sleeping