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Object Type
print
Museum number
S,6.2
Title
Object:
Cupid making his bow
Description
Cupid, naked, standing with his left foot on a book, turned to left, holding a knife with both hands, and carving a bow; below him, bust-length view of two other Cupids; after Correggio who painted after Parmigianino?; state before lettered name of M.Benedetti, and the dedication. 1785 Etching and stipple in reddish-brown ink
Producer name
Print made by:
Francesco Bartolozzi
After:
Parmigianino
After:
Antonio Correggio
Intermediary draughtsman:
Michele Benedetti
Published by:
Torre & Co
Published by:
Artaria & Co
School/style
British
Italian
Austrian
Production date
1785
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Published in:
Vienna (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
377 millimetres
Width:
270 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Print after Parmigianino's panel 'Amor (or Cupid fashioning his bow)', now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna [inv.275]. Pair to 'Jupiter and Io' (1837,0408.300).
Bibliographic references
Calabi & De Vesme 1928 / Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi
(393.IV)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Associated with:
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
(dedicatee of the print, as lettered on state V.)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(CMC in Philipe's hand on the verso in oval blindstamp)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
S,6.2