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Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-Rome 1669)
Venus and Cupids c. 1633-9
Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper | 23.6 x 38.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 904495
Pietro da Cortona (Cortona 1596-Rome 1669)
Venus and Cupids c. 1633-9
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A drawing of Venus, reclining on the left as she is discoverd by approaching cupids, some of whom raise the drapery surrounding her. This is a copy after the left-hand group from the composition in the Salone, Palazzo Barberini, Rome.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c. 1800-1820
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper
Measurements
23.6 x 38.4 cm (sheet of paper)
