Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Title:
Venus and Cupid
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 15/16 inches (44.4 x 32.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Venus and Cupid."; lower right: "1768."; inscribed on verso, lower left: "D. g. Lt."; lower center: "vide Brandes Catalogue d'Estampes | tom 2d pag. 523. H[...] 4. | #124"; lower right: "V. 100."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.949
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | mother | child | religious and mythological subject | son | trees | god | woman | braids | wings | Venus suckling Cupid | ruins | goddess
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22639