Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Venus Childing Cupid, 1784
- Title:
- Venus Childing Cupid
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- 1784
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (43.3 × 32.7 cm), Plate: 14 3/8 × 11 inches (36.5 × 27.9 cm), Image: 9 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (23.8 × 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "IV 219"
Lettered, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "F.Bartolozzi fecit."; lettered, lower center: "VENUS CHIDING CUPID. | Publish'd as the Act directs, by A.Poggi, No.7, St.George's Row, Oxford Turnpike, Janry.1st 1784."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10355
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrows | children | clouds | goddess | portrait | scroll | teasing | wings | woman
- Associated People:
- Cupid
Venus - Access:
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