Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Venus and Cupid.
Call Number
E East 49/GC077/Box 53/Oversize/17th-18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2012.01183
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc0r967h136
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1779/05/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1779
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.3 x 49 cm.
References
Bryan III, p. 334
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed in plate, below: "Venus & Cupid // In the Carlo Maratti Room at Houghton // Size of the Picture F 31 1/2 by 44 1/2 long".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Carlo Maratti pinxit".
Signed in plate, lower right: "J.B. Michel sculpsit".
Depiction: Mythological scene. Venus and Cupid in pastoral setting.
Signed in plate, below: "Published May 1st 1779 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London".

Discovery Information

Subject
Gods, Roman, in art
Goddesses, Roman, in art
Venus (Roman deity)—Art
Cupid (Roman deity)—Art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cbf236a7-73c2-4e35-806f-805a5acca4ae/manifest