Cupids Hunting
Maker
After
(artist)
1594-1665
(printmaker)
1723-1818
(artist)
1594-1665
(printmaker)
1723-1818
Title
Cupids Hunting
Date of Production
1779
Medium
etching and stipple
printed in black
printed in black
Dimensions
Height: 30.3 cm
Width: 35.2 cm
Width: 35.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6769
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
Prints (Re)presenting Poussin
Fig. p. cat. 58
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. 426
Fig. p. cat. 58
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. 426
Inscriptions
Inscription: N. Poussin pinx.t //
Inscription: CUPIDS HUNTING. / Why the Timid Hare pursue? / Nobler Sport should be your View, / Strike the Victor from the Field, / To Almighty Love he'll yield. / Oct.r 20.th 1779. //
Inscription: W. Baillie Sculp.t //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: N. POUSSIN / Five Cupids Hunting / Part of large composition of Mars and Venus, q.v. / W. Baillie after Paintings and Drawings, Boydell, London. //
Inscription: CUPIDS HUNTING. / Why the Timid Hare pursue? / Nobler Sport should be your View, / Strike the Victor from the Field, / To Almighty Love he'll yield. / Oct.r 20.th 1779. //
Inscription: W. Baillie Sculp.t //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: N. POUSSIN / Five Cupids Hunting / Part of large composition of Mars and Venus, q.v. / W. Baillie after Paintings and Drawings, Boydell, London. //
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________