Sleeping Venus and Cupid

Title

Sleeping Venus and Cupid

Draughtsman

• Adam Elsheimer ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours?
• gouache
• parchment

Technique

• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• book illumination
• miniature
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert und bezeichnet unten links (von fremder Hand?): [unleserlich, angeschnitten]a 1610

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): von Adam Tedesco, oder Adam Elzheimer gezeichnet 1610.
Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Venus
• Cupid

Primary

• 92C451 Venus asleep
• 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)