(c) 2015 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Venus Recumbent

primary Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence, 1727 - 1815, Lisbon)

artistafter Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560 - 1609, Rome)

publisher John Boydell (Dorrington, 1719 - 1804, London)

Date1785

Place MadeItaly, Europe

MediumMezzotint

Dimensionsoval: 10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (26 x 37.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberP18w21

eMuseum ID729252

EmbARK ObjectID13052

TMS Source ID2079

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 138.

MarksNotesEngraved signatures (along bottom edge): Anibal (sic) Caracci pinxit John Boydell excudit 1785 F. Bartolozzi sculptsit
Inscribed in ink (center of the backing board): This picture was formerly the property of the celebrated Lord Byron - given to me in 1829 by Mr. Barry who was Byron's Banker Genoa Oct. 1829
Printed label (affixed to the back of the frame): In the Cabinet at Houghton / the same size as the picture / published Sept 1st 1785, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London

ProvenanceNotesCollection of the poet Lord Byron (1788-1824), Genoa, Italy.
Gift from Mr. Barry, Lord Byron's banker, to the entrepreneur and businessman Augustine Heard (1785-1868) in 1824.
Gift from Augustine Heard to H. Louisa Brown, Boston.
Bequeathed to Isabella Stewart Gardner by H. Louisa Brown on 25 March 1883.