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Attributed to Lelio Orsi (1508/11-87)
Vulcan and Cupid 1540-80
Pen and ink and grey wash over red chalk, squared in black chalk | 25.3 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905084
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A drawing of Vulcan, above, forging arrows for Cupid, who stands below (labelled amor), seeming to cast a gauntlet into flames where other arms are being consumed. On the right stands Mars, who holds his hand to Cupid's face; on the left, a bearded man who seems to be clipping Cupid's wings. The shape of the composition, and the presence of Vulcan, indicate a design for a chimneybreast.
Popham attributed the drawing to Orsi on stylistic grounds, indicating for comparison a drawing of Neptune in the British Museum (1852,1008.9).Provenance
From an album listed in George III's Inventory A, c.1800, p. 16, ‘Diversi Maestri Antichi’, Tom. 2, among ‘Pages 55….Containing Ditto’ [ie. ‘old Masters of the Florentine, Roman and Lombard School, / not of the first Class, but many are mentioned by Giorgio Vasari’].
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink and grey wash over red chalk, squared in black chalk
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25.3 x 17.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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