Venus rising from a calyx between love hermaphrodites
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Item data
Title
Venus rising from a calyx between love hermaphrodites
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- Venus
Names
Fourquemin, active 1835-1853 (Lithographer)
Housselin, Alexis Louis Pierre (Illustrator)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1844 - 1861
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Venus (Roman deity)
Wreaths
Wings (Anatomy)
Tendrils
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Hairstyles -- To 499
Festoons
Decoration and ornament -- Plant Forms -- Greece
Flowers in art
Genres
Notes
Handwritten: "Pacileo Collection, Naples."
Source Note: Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l'histoire des religions et des moeurs de l'antiquité. (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859), Author.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 30.5 x 49 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3a2f08a0-c5bf-012f-23fe-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1844
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Venus rising from a calyx between love hermaphrodites" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844 - 1861. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3a2f08a0-c5bf-012f-23fe-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1844 - 1861). Venus rising from a calyx between love hermaphrodites Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3a2f08a0-c5bf-012f-23fe-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Venus rising from a calyx between love hermaphrodites" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3a2f08a0-c5bf-012f-23fe-58d385a7bc34
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