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Venus with Cupids and Satyr: Jupiter and Antiope
Draughtsman: Ribera, Jusepe de (lo Spagnoletto)
May represent Ariadne on Naxos, defended from a satyr by a Cupid
History note: William Mayor (Lugt 2799); Sir E.J. Poynter (Lugt 874), his sale, Sotheby's, 25 April 1918, lot 177, bt. Thomas Agnew and Sons for Charles B.O. Clarke; Louis C.G. Clarke
Bequeathed 1960.
Height: 174 mm
Width: 258 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
1626 CE - 1630 CE
Ribera's only drawing of a female nude
Support composed of paper ( white)
Drawing : Pen and brown ink on white paper
Accession number: PD.133-1961
Primary reference Number: 6008
Lugt: 2799
Lugt: 874
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Venus with Cupids and Satyr: Jupiter and Antiope" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/6008 Accessed: 2023-06-08 23:56:48
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Accession Number: P.2115-1991
Accession Number: PD.20-1992
Accession Number: GR.2.1964
Accession Number: GR.23.1904
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