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Drawing

ca. 15th - 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

A cupid, reclining on roses; Drawn with a pen washed with bistre, and heightened on grey paper pricked for pouncing and transferring the design to a fresco; Of an irregular form, the lower corners cut off.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with a pen washed with bistre, and heightened on grey paper pricked for pouncing and transferring the design to a fresco
Pen
Bistre
Grey Paper
Drawing
Wash Technique
Pouncing
Brief description
Artist Unknown; A cupid, reclining on roses; Drawn with a pen washed with bistre, and heightened on grey paper pricked for pouncing and transferring the design to a fresco; Of an irregular form; Parmesan School; ca. 15th - 16th century.
Physical description
A cupid, reclining on roses; Drawn with a pen washed with bistre, and heightened on grey paper pricked for pouncing and transferring the design to a fresco; Of an irregular form, the lower corners cut off.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.5in
  • Width: 9.8in
Of an irregular form, the lower corners cut off. Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Parmesan School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Roses
Cupid
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979, p. 175. The text is as follows: copies after VAGA, PERINO DEL 375 A reclining putto Brush and brown wash heightened with white on blue paper; pricked for transfer; the lower corners cut away 7 ¼ x 9 ¾ (183 x 248) Dyce 284 PROVENANCE Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 284 (as anonymous) A copy of a putto, one of four supporting a frame in a cartoon by Perino in the Uffizi (no. 965 E. See Bernice Davidson’s Catalogue of the exhibition of drawings by Perino in the Uffizi, 1966, p. 52; no. 50 and fig. 44). The handling of our drawing is reminiscent of Biagio Pupini.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.284

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2009
Record URL
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