Cupidines (Venus and satyrs)
Maker
After
(artist)
1594-1665
(printmaker)
1670-1732
(artist)
1594-1665
(printmaker)
1670-1732
Title
Cupidines (Venus and satyrs)
Date of Production
(c.) 1699
Medium
printed in black
etching and engraving
etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 22.1 cm
Width: 28.7 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
Keywords
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
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 //
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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