Venus, Mercury and Cupid

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Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

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

Measurements

23.8 × 18.8 cm (image and sheet)

Inscription

stamped in red inkcnr.: WB (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on reverse 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 R.S. 76 (in circle) / Tr 06-jr (jr in diamond)

Accession Number

1278.978-3

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Public domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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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