ECL-Bm.14:13-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:13-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue : Cupid
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson catalogue states :
The drawings, by a variety of artists are sometimes stuck to the pages of this volume and do not keep to the place allotted to them by number. Three drawings are missing.
The drawings, by a variety of artists are sometimes stuck to the pages of this volume and do not keep to the place allotted to them by number. Three drawings are missing.
Description
Content (description)
Nude winged Cupid crouches slightly and stretches his bow to right in both hands. By his left leg is a tree trunk covered with a skin. The statue, which stands on a round base, is viewed obliquely from left from below.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: Bibliotheca Sti Marci, Venetiis
Dimensions
height (actual size): 420mm
width (actual size): 280mm
width (actual size): 280mm
Inscription
Cupido in Bibliotheca Sti Marci Venetiis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Inscription description
T written in ink on the back of the drawing, artist?
Materials & techniques note
Grey and red wash with white highlights, some outlines in ink, on ochre washed paper.
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
