Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)

after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Title:
Venus Chiding Cupid
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "Juer 1000 - 1590 - 1597 (1000 and 1590 crossed out) | Proof | C494 III/V | (IR31/494)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.573
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
nude | brothers | love | gods | mythology | mathematics | religious and mythological subject | Roman | portrait | family | woman | children | goddess | sadness | guilt | boys | scroll (information artifact) | numbers | smiling | sons | Venus punishing Cupid | clouds | mother | curls | punishing | oval | punishment | wings | putto | arrows
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40772