Venus en Amor bij het water

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

**Venus en Amor bij het** is a delicate etching by Flemish printmaker Franciscus de Ne, created between 1660 and1666. This intimate work (190 × 256 mm) captures mythological scene of Venus, the goddess of love, Amor (Cupid) by the water's edge—a popular Baroque motif evoking sensuality, desire, and the harmony of nature. De Ne, active in Antwerp during the Dutch Golden Age's influence, was renowned for his precise reproductive prints, often drawing from the grand paintings of masters like Rubens, blending classical antiquity with 17th-century Flemish elegance. Etching's acidic bite on a metal...

About the Artist

Franciscus de Neve · 1632–1704

Franciscus de Neve (II) (1632–after 1704) was a Flemish painter and engraver whose international career spanning Italy, Southern Germany, and Austria exemplifies the mobility and adaptability of Baroque artists in Catholic Europe. Born in Antwerp during the height of Flemish Baroque culture, de Neve built his reputation through religious altarpieces, mythological narratives, and landscape composit...