UNKNOWN
Venus, Mercury and Cupid

Medium
pen and ink, yellow wash over chalk, laid down within a ruled border

Measurements
23.8 × 18.8 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Public domain

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
stamped in red ink l.r. cnr.: WB (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: Mercury teaching Cupid the use of the Bow / Colin Capt Wm Ballie, 1723-1810, / (who attributed the drawing to Correggio) / S/ME/ (triangle)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.c.: R.S. 76 (in circle) / Tr 06-jr (jr in diamond)

Accession Number
1278.978-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) Cupid (Roman deity) cupids full-length figures Greco-Roman Mercury (Roman deity) planetary gods Venus (Roman deity)

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