THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
GERMAN SCHOOL, circa 1725/1730
Details
GERMAN SCHOOL, circa 1725/1730
The punishment of Cupid: a young lady seated and clipping the wings of a chained nude Cupid, the love god desperately struggling although disarmed, his red quiver lying on a stone plinth, the lady with a triumphant smile wearing a gold-figured pink-lined blue dress bordered with white muslin; mauve drapery in the background; oval -- 82 mm wide, turned brown wood frame.
The punishment of Cupid: a young lady seated and clipping the wings of a chained nude Cupid, the love god desperately struggling although disarmed, his red quiver lying on a stone plinth, the lady with a triumphant smile wearing a gold-figured pink-lined blue dress bordered with white muslin; mauve drapery in the background; oval -- 82 mm wide, turned brown wood frame.
Provenance
Formerly in the Royal Saxon Pictures Gallery, inv. C. nr 266 (erroneously as by Klingstedt).