ECL-Bm.13:9-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.13:9-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: Cupid and Psyche
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Finding Aid 4 notes that 'in this volume are conteind drawings of statues and busts in the Collection of ye Great Duke of Tuscany'
Description
Content (description)
Nude Cupid with feathered wings and Psyche, half-draped and with decorated butterfly wings, embrace, about to kiss. A quiver is just visible behind Cupid's leg.
On the back are preliminary sketches for a recliing and turning male.
On the back are preliminary sketches for a recliing and turning male.
Content (object)
statue
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 427mm
width (actual size): 286mm
width (actual size): 286mm
Inscription
Signed on the front of the drawing: Gaetano Nenci f.
Inscription description
Cupido e Psyche e P M Etruriae Ducis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Nenci, Gaetano (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (I ; no. 58)
