Venus caressing Cupid

Title

Venus caressing Cupid

Draughtsman

• Luca Cambiaso

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Genoese

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): no 16

Watermark

• Vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• 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

• 92C45413 Venus (and Vulcan) fondling Cupid