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Cupid. Etching by P. Vitali after G. Reni.
- Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.
- Date
- [between 1700 and 1799?]
- Reference
- 2124993i
- Pictures
- Online
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Licence
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Credit: Cupid. Etching by P. Vitali after G. Reni. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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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 Library no. 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)
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores