Lot Essay
Dated by Suida to 1565-70. There is a drawing by Cambiaso of the same subject in the Louvre, which Suida Manning and Suida hypothesize is probably a study for the present lot (op. cit. p. 176)
Details
LUCA CAMBIASO* (1527-1585)
Venus and Cupid
oil on canvas
41¾ x 33¼in. (106 x 84.4cm.)
Venus and Cupid
oil on canvas
41¾ x 33¼in. (106 x 84.4cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Vienna, and by descent
Private collection, Washington, D.C.; sale, Sotheby's, New York, June 6, 1985, lot 95 ($20,900)
Private collection, Washington, D.C.; sale, Sotheby's, New York, June 6, 1985, lot 95 ($20,900)
Literature
B. Suida Manning and W. Suida, Luca Cambiaso: La vita e le opere, 1958, p. 152, pl. LXXII, p. 176, fig. 115, as 'opera bellisima ispirata dai Veneti'