Three cupids

Title

Three cupids

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing
• watercolour painting

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for a room arrangement?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Grau): JdWit inv & / F[?]

Captions Added Later

Verso unten bezeichnet (mit der Feder in Braun): : "Schoorsteenstuckie voor de Wel Ed Heer Mijnheer de Surmont heere van Vlooswyck op syne Eds plaets tot Loenen 1729 geschil[dert", von einem Klebestreifen verdeckt]
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Wappen [?, Fragment]

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

Primary

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