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Conrad Martin Metz, Cupid pricking Venus with the point of his arrow; Venus attempting to restrain Adonis from the chase; Cupid holding a mirror for Venus

Conrad Martin Metz, Cupid pricking Venus with the point of his arrow; Venus attempting to restrain Adonis from the chase; Cupid holding a mirror for Venus, 1790.

Etching and aquatint printed in brown on wove paper. 126 mm x 268 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

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Cupid pricking Venus with the point of his arrow; Venus attempting to restrain Adonis from the chase; Cupid holding a mirror for Venus, 1790

Conrad Martin Metz (1749 - 1827)

RA Collection: Art

Title
Cupid pricking Venus with the point of his arrow; Venus attempting to restrain Adonis from the chase; Cupid holding a mirror for Venus
Drawn by
Conrad Martin Metz (1749 - 1827)
Engraved by
Conrad Martin Metz (1749 - 1827)
After
Formerly attributed to Parmigianino (1503 - 1540) and Attributed to Anonymous
From
Conrad Martin Metz, Imitations of Drawings by Parmegiano (London, 1790), pl.25
Date
1790
Object type
Plate
Place of Publication
London
Medium
Etching and aquatint printed in brown on wove paper
Dimensions

126 mm x 268 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
17/2306
This image is from a book

Imitations of Drawings, by Parmegiano. In the Collection of His Majesty Engrav'd & Publish'd, by Conrad Martin Metz - London,: [1790]

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