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Cupids: four examples of the relations between heavenly and profane love. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Date

[between 1670 and 1679?]

Reference

11621i

Part of

Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.

Reference

23691i

Cupid, floating on a cloud, is seated on a basket of flowers; representing the season spring. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1797, after W. Hamilton.

Date

[1797]

Reference

3043721i

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

Date

1695

Reference

23618i

Cupid. Etching by P. Vitali after G. Reni.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799?]

Reference

2124993i

A seated boy dressed as Cupid. Pencil drawing.

Reference

32929i

Venus playing with Cupid: three studies. Colour etching by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Date

1700-1799

Reference

2489346i

Cupid reclining asleep on a rural hillside, with an obelisk and a temple in the background; in the sky, Venus is carried in a chariot.. Engraving by C. Faucci after O. Riminaldi.

Date

March 21st 1763

Reference

3048769i

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As a mouse runs up a young woman's leg, young man lifts her skirt and the cat catches it. Engraving by V. Pillement and C. Niquet after E. Le Bel.

Reference

28170i

A bewildered doctor checking the pulse of lovesick young woman, her concerned mother comforts her, in the background Cupid is grinning and pointing to one of his arrows. Coloured mezzotint by W. Ward, 1802, after J. Opie.

Date

2 May 1802

Reference

20402i

A centaur with Cupid. Etching by F. Perrier.

Reference

11409i

Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

Date

2 Jan[uar]y 1797

Reference

23947i

Pygmalion with his statue of a woman that comes to life. Engraving by J.N. Laugier, 1824, after A.L. Girodet-Trioson, 1819.

Date

1824

Reference

11563i

A woman as Venus, with Cupid. Lithograph by N.J. Strixner after H. Holbein.

Date

[1811]

Reference

2497862i

Part of

Les oeuvres lithographiques, Choix de dessins d'après les grands maîtres de toutes les écoles, tiré du Musée de S. M. le roi de Bavière par Strixner, Pilotj et c.

The rape of Europa. Engraving by J. Frey after F. Albani.

Date

1732

Reference

11722i

Vulcan (Hephaestus), at the request of Venus (Aphrodite) makes armour for Aeneas; representing the element fire. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1717, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

Date

[1717?]

Reference

2855993i

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Date

[between 1600 and 1699]

Reference

2855090i

Venus and Cupid. Etching by G. de Lairesse.

Date

[between 1670 and 1679?]

Reference

2533343i

The modern lovers: or, the adventures of Cupid, the god of love: a novel.

Date

MDCCLVI. [1756]

Eyes of Cupid. Drawing by T. Holloway, ca. 1794, after A.R. Mengs.

Date

[1794?]

Reference

30814i

A man sits at a table smoking as Cupid enters the room with three tobacco pipes. Engraving, c. 1618.

Date

[1618]

Reference

24615i

Cupids flying carrying a tree trunk towards a harpy. Etching by G. Audran, ca. 1675, after Raphael.

Date

[1675?]

Reference

2897508i

Venus [Aphrodite]: the Medici Venus. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1781, after T. Piroli.

Date

1781

Reference

11584i

Venus and a maid teaching Cupids to swim. Engraving by A. Campanella after A. R. Mengs, 1778.

Date

1778

Reference

662807i

Part of

Wall paintings from the Villa Negroni (Montalto), Rome

A physician taking a young woman's pulse, her mother is standing behind them, a basket for a urine flask is on the floor. Collotype after J. Steen.

Reference

21750i