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Cupidines (Venus and satyrs)

Maker

After
(artist)
1594-1665

(printmaker)
1670-1732

Title

Cupidines (Venus and satyrs)

Date of Production

(c.) 1699

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 28.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6725

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
Fig. p. 356

Inscriptions

Inscription: N. Poussin inventor. / M. Pool et exc: Amstelod: //

Inscription: CUPIDINES / sopitae veneris defensores. / Gy geile Saters, soo gy Venus aan durfd raaken, / Soo vrees vru voor de schicht van die voor Moeder waaken. / Lud. Smids. //

Inscription: M. Pool sculp. //

Inscription: AB //

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