Identification title(s): apollo with cupid at vulcan. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-1879. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: vulcan sits behind his anvil and listens to apollo's story about the adultery of his wife venus. Cupid is there. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: benedetto montagna (mentioned on object), after print by: anonymous. Place of manufacture: italy. Dating: 1515 - 1520. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 183 mm × w 130 mm. Explanation: print after anonymous engraving in edition of giovanni di bonsignore, metamorphoses, giovanni rosso (printer) lucantonio giunta (publisher), venice 1497. Subject: what: apollo in vulcan's forge revealing venus' love affair with mars. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1515 and 1520.
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