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Object Type
print
Museum number
1875,0710.567
Description
Three nymphs disarming Cupid, one kneeling to left holding his arrows behind her while the infant pulls at her arm, the other two standing behind to right, one encouraging the other as she takes the bow and holds arrows behind her back, with landscape in the background; in a roundel; unfinished remarque proof before letters Etching and stipple, remarque of a cat's head scratched in the left margin
Producer name
After:
Angelica Kauffman
Print made by:
Rose Lenoir
School/style
British
Production date
1768-1789
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
365 millimetres
Width:
305 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Alexander 1992 / Chronological checklist of singly issued English prints after Angelica Kauffman
(undescribed)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Louis Bihn
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1875,0710.567