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Object Type
print
Museum number
1871,1209.589
Title
Object:
Garde a Vous!
Description
Cupid in an oval frame, leaning his head against his arm and looking to front with his finger to his lips, his quiver lying under the drape upon which he rests and his bow lying in the foreground; after Kauffman. 1790 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Angelica Kauffman
Print made by:
Carlo Antonio Porporati
Published by:
Robert Daudet
Published by:
François Étienne Joubert
School/style
French
Production date
1790
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
280 millimetres
Width:
190 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Alexander 1992 / Chronological checklist of singly issued English prints after Angelica Kauffman
(Undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
myth/legend
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Associated with:
Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, Madame Royale, Duchess of Angoulême
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1871
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1871,1209.589