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Cherub revealing a portrait to a young woman

Drawing
late 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (made)
Place of origin
Parma (made)

Red chalk drawing of a cherub drawing aside a curtain to reveal a face to a female figure.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleCherub revealing a portrait to a young woman (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Red chalk drawing on paper.
Red Chalk
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, A cherub drawing a curtain and revealing a portrait to a young woman who is trying to keep it covered, Parma, late 16th century.
Physical description
Red chalk drawing of a cherub drawing aside a curtain to reveal a face to a female figure.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4 1/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 3 1/8in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Style
Italian School
Credit line
Bernard H. Webb Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Cherub
Curtain
Female
Bibliographic references
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 218. The text is as follows: PARMA: late 16th century 483 A cherub drawing a curtain and revealing a portrait to a young woman who tried, apparently, to keep it covered Inscribed on the back in pencil (in Bernard Webb’s hand) ‘West Colln’. Red chalk 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 (104 x 79) E.3972-1919 PROVENANCE Benjamin West; Bernard H. Webb Bequest 1919
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3972-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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