Abraham Bloemaert
Venus Appeals to Cupid to Make Pluto Fall in Love with Proserpina
About this artwork
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artist:Abraham BloemaertNetherlandish (1564 - 1651)
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title:Venus Appeals to Cupid to Make Pluto Fall in Love with Proserpina
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date created:1591 - 1594
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materials:Pen, brown ink and wash, heightened with white on paper, laid down
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measurements:28.20 x 35.90 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 408
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Abraham Bloemaert
Abraham Bloemaert
For more than fifty years, Bloemaert was the most eminent painter in the city of Utrecht. He was born in Gorinchem, a town some 25 miles east of Rotterdam. His father was a sculptor, increasingly working as an architect and engineer. By 1576, the family had settled in Utrecht, where Bloemaert spent...
