Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

Draughtsman

• Bertel Thorvaldsen

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite-clay mixture
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Danish

Production Reason

• composition study
• sculptural design?
• sketch

Captions Added Later

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

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

• 92C454 Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)
• 31A231(+32) standing figure (+ right side visible; right - (r. hand, r. foot, etc.))
• 31A235(+31) sitting figure (+ left side visible; left - (l. hand, l. foot, etc.))