Schlafender Cupido auf Wolken

Title

Schlafender Cupido auf Wolken

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque
• rococo

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): f.l. // No 3589.
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Baum [?]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1910

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Cupid

Primary

• 92D155 sleeping Cupid; possibly signifying a slackening of Love's influence
• 92D18 attributes of Cupid
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds
• 25F39(DOVE) other birds: dove
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 92D18(BOW AND ARROW) attributes of Cupid: bow and arrow