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Cupid on a throne decorated with garlands: P.89-1942

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cupid on a throne decorated with garlands

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ghendt, Emmanuel de
Draughtsman: Eisen, Charles Joseph Dominique (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by The Executors of Charles Lingard Bell

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1769

Note

Cul-de-lampe to Claude Joseph Dorat's 'Izra et Marsis ou l'Isle merveilleuse. Poème en deux chants' (1769). Unsigned

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.89-1942
Primary reference Number: 203066
BN Inventaire (18thC): 66
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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