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Object Type
print
Museum number
1941,0327.11.81
Title
Series:
Recueil Basan
Description
Cupid Resting; the winged god lying on large cushions on a bed, facing left, a quiver attached to his loin-cloth, his bow at left; copy in same direction after Isaac de Jouderville's etching; from an edition of the Recueil published by Henri Louis Basan around 1810 Etching
Producer name
After:
Isaac De Jouderville
Print made by:
François Basan
Published by:
Henri Louis Basan
School/style
French
Dutch
Production date
1789-1797
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
155 millimetres
Width:
56 millimetres
Curator's comments
This is a copy in the same direction after Isaac de Jouderville's 'Cupid resting'. For the etching by Jouderville see 1843,0607.88. For comment on the volume, which was published by Henri Louis Basan around 1810, see 1941,0327.11.1
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(undescribed)
Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated
(313)
(Rejected as Rembrandt; copy)
White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue
(132)
(under 'Prints by unknown pupils of Rembrandt'; copy undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Maggs Bros
Acquisition date
1941
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1941,0327.11.81