Two young women attending to a statue of Cupid. Colour stipple engraving by J.F. Cazenave after L.L. Boilly, ca. 179-.

  • Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845.
Date:
[between 1790 and 1799?]
Reference:
676552i
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Description

One woman places a wreath of flowers on Cupid's head, the other grips the statue with both hands. Behind, the apse of a grand room furnished with carved boiseries

Publication/Creation

Paris (Rue des noyers no. [.] : Chez l'auteur, [between 1790 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 print : stipple, printed in colours ; platemark 62.6 x 51.4 cm

Contributors

Lettering

L'amour couronné P.C. Peint par L. Boilly ; gravé par J. Cazenave

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome IV, Paris 1940, p. 155, no. 1 ("[L'Amour couronné, d'après Boilly.] Harrisse, Boilly, no. 65. L'original (ou une copie) est au Musée de La Fère (no. 393).")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 676552i

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