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Cupid

Maker

(artist)
1589-1624

Title

Cupid

Date of Production

(circa) 1618

Medium

red and white chalk on laid paper, the upper edge cut into an arch with four edges; laid down on a paper support with gold, brown wash and red ink borders; that inlaid into paper borders, and that partially laid down on current mount so unable to turn the drawing

Dimensions

Height: 37.2 cm
Width: 27.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.115

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830), L.2445; ceded by his executors to Samuel Woodburn (London), 1835; Woodburn estate sale, Christie’s (London), 4 - 8 June 1860, lot 684; purchased there by Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872); by descent to his grandson, Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick (1856-1938); purchased from the Fenwick estate by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 1946; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 03/01/1938-12/03/1938

Literature

Domenico Fetti, Palazzo, Te, Milan Milano: Electa 1996
p. 139

Askew, Pamela, 'Domenico Fetti's use of prints: three instances' in 'Print Review: Tribute to Wolfgang Stechow', 1976 - pp. 14-23; 5
pp. 19-21
fig. 3 on p. 16
dated c. 1618

Tzeutschler Lurie, Ann, 'Liss and the God of Love' in 'The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art', Dec. 1975 - pp. 283-90
pp. 286, 288
fig. 12 on p. 287 ...More

Johann Liss in Augsburg and Cleveland 1975, Augsburg, Germany : Presse-Druck- und Verlags-GmbH 1975
p.166 and fig 114, E36

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 115

La Pittura del Seicento a Venezia, Ca' Pesaro, Venice, 1959
p. 164 under no. 22
author: T. Pignatti

Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 115
pl. LXXV
dated c. 1618

Popham, A.E., 'Sir Thomas Phillipps as a Patron of Artists and a Collector of Pictures and Drawings' in 'The Formation of the Phillipps Library from 1841-1872 (Phillipps Studies, IV), Cambridge 1956
App. B, p. 226, no. 9

Askew, Pamela, Domenico Fetti, PhD Thesis, University of London 1953
pp. 27-28, 275 and catalogue entry
ill.

17th Century Art in Europe, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1938
cat. no. 438

Popham, A.E., Catalogue of drawings in the collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, now in the possession of his grandson T. FitzRoy Phillipps Fenwick of Thirlestaine House Cheltenham, London 1935
p. 142, no. 11 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the lower half of the sheet, unable to check the upper half as laid down on the mount.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, graphite, upside down: “/2”. Support (historic), Recto: lower centre, graphite: “Domenico Feti”. Border support (historic), Recto: upper centre, graphite: “684/11”; lower left corner, graphite: “3049”; lower left, graphite, circled: 6’ lower centre, grey ink, the first line executed with double-lined letters: “Domenico Feti, / Pittore Romano.”. Support (historic), Verso: centre, graphite: “684/11 Woodburn / from Sir T Lawrence”. Mount (current), Verso: centre, graphite: “438”.

Label: eagle within a triangle: "von der zentralstelle für denkmalschutz zur ausfuhr freigegeben"

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left edge, blindstamped: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445).

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