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Antiope Surprised by Jupiter (The Pardo Venus), after Titian, plate 142 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings
Antiope Surprised by Jupiter (The Pardo Venus), after Titian, plate 142 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings

Antiope Surprised by Jupiter (The Pardo Venus), after Titian, plate 142 from the Recueil d’estampes d’après les plus beaux tableaux et d’après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France [Collection of Prints after the Most Beautiful Paintings and Drawings

Primary (Paris, France, 1696–London, England, 1762–1766)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1730s
MediumEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 21 5/8 × 26 15/16 in. (55 × 68.5 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 3/8 × 26 1/4 in. (39 × 66.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, University Purchase, P1963.4.142
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object numberP1963.4.142/178
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Label Text
Painted in the 1530s, the “Pardo Venus” is probably the picture that Titian sent to Philip II in 1567. By the early 17th century it had passed to France, where it was acquired by Louis XIV and eventually entered the Louvre
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