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Object Type
print
Museum number
1851,0308.886
Description
Cupid; after Parmigianino; standing in frontal view, the head turned to right, the left arm stretched to left; from a series of etchings after Parmigianino drawings then in the Arundel collection. 1637 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Hendrick van der Borcht the Younger
After:
Parmigianino
School/style
German
Production date
1637
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
110 millimetres
(Plate-mark)
Width:
76 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Related to a drawing by Parmigianino in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, which was in preparation of the ceiling at Fontenellato. (A. E. Popham, Catalogue of Drawings by Parmigianino, 1971, vol. I, p. 123, no. 313)
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(15-38)
(D+F)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Dr Edward Peart
(L.892)
Acquisition date
1851
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1851,0308.886