Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Howard, 1769–1847, British
Title:
Venus and Cupid
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 28 1/4 inches (91.4 x 71.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black paint, lower right: "Howard RA | 1809"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1984.19.3
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
family | hairpiece | water | beauty | Neo-Classical | curtains | son | nude | wings | shawls | boy | trees | landscape | woman | Roman | Venus taking care of Cupid | curls | sandals | love | mother | angels | putto | field | mountain | religious and mythological subject | doves
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
' Art on the Line ' : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836 (The Courtauld Gallery, 2001-10-17 - 2002-01-20)
Publications:
Art on the line : the Royal Academy exhibitions at Somerset House, 1780-1836 : [catalogue of works], , The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2001, no.124, V 0909 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 124-125, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition Catalogue. 1810. 42d., Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, no. 42, B. McMillan, London, 1810, p. 6, no. 66, N5054 A43 v. 2 (YCBA)

David H. Solkin, Art on the Line : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2001, Foldout no. 90, N5054 A78 2001B (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1244