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Venus disarming Cupid
Draughtsman: Cambiaso, Luca (After)
History note: J. Gulston (1745-1786); The Rev. Thomas Kerrich; The Rev. R.E. Kerrich
Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)
Height: 308 mm
Width: 214 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 (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, with a brown painted border
Accession number: 2899
Primary reference Number: 7206
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Venus disarming Cupid" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7206 Accessed: 2023-02-06 20:02:00
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Accession Number: PD.27-2003
Accession Number: 109
Accession Number: 128
Accession Number: 532
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