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Cupid in Vulcan’s Forge, Observed by an Assistant

Drawing
1628-1671 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Part of a bound volume of 140 drawings


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCupid in Vulcan’s Forge, Observed by an Assistant (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with brown and grey-brown wash (mixed with some lead white, beginning to oxidize), over black chalk; framing line in brown ink.
Brief description
Drawing, 'Cupid in Vulcan's forge, observed by an assistant', by Jan de Bisschop, pen and brown ink, with brown and grey-brown wash (mixed with some lead white, beginning to oxidize), over black chalk, framing line in brown ink, mid-seventeenth centur
Physical description
Part of a bound volume of 140 drawings
Dimensions
  • Height: 155mm
  • Width: 180mm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Goswin Uilenbroek (1658–1740), Amsterdam, his sale, Amsterdam, Beukelaar, 23 October 1741, Album K: ‘Een groot Boek in Jugt leer van omtrent 120 Tekeningen, gewassen van Bisschop na Statuen en groepen in Antieke Bas relieven, getekent met voornemen om in ‘t koper te brengen, gelyk hy in zyn Voorreden van zijn Boek zegt, op groot gedubbelt papier geplakt. 4 ou plus’ (bt. for 280 fl.); Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Jb Czn (1726–98), Amsterdam (L. 2725), 1760–c.1763;1 probably Benjamin West (1738–1820), London; probably Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92), London; Horace Walpole (1717–97), London and Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, 1763; Edwin Parsons (dealer), London; from whom purchased for the museum (each individual drawing with dry stamp version of L. 1958), 8 June 1889 for £13. 13s. 0d.
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, vol. I, Cat. no. 23.4, illus. p. 28
Collection
Accession number
D.1212:5-1889

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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