Cupid. Etching by P. Vitali after G. Reni.

  • Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.
Date:
[between 1700 and 1799?]
Reference:
2124993i
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Description

Cupid holds a bow and arrows, and points upwards with his right hand. In the background, the sailing ship in which Paris will take Helen away

Publication/Creation

Romae (ad aream Pasquini) : Apud Montagnanum, [between 1700 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image and lettering 27.4 x 18.5 cm

Lettering

Silentium et tenebras amor improbus ad facinus quaerit. Adservatur in aedibus Spadae princ. Guido Rheni pinx.t. P. Vitali sculp. Romae. Volpato direxit.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2124993i

Reproduction note

After: a detail of a painting by Reni of the rape of Helen, of which a version is in the Louvre (not the ex-Spada version shown here)

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