Venus and Cupid, 1590 – 1600

Title

Venus and Cupid

Draughtsman

• Anton Eisenhoit

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal?
• chalk?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• nude
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Venus
• Cupid

Primary

• 92C454 Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)
• 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
• 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Historic Attribution

• Parmigianino draughtsman