Venus spanking Cupid

Constantijn Netscher, 1682

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1937-18
  • Dimensionsheight 118 mm (lower border irregular) x width 89 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Venus spanking Cupid

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1937-18

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Constantijn Netscher, The Hague
    • printmaker: after Odoardo Fialetti

  • Dating

    1682

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over graphite

  • Dimensions

    height 118 mm (lower border irregular) x width 89 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1937

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Christiaan Kramm (1797-1875), Utrecht (L. 581); his sale, Amsterdam (G.T. Bom), 30 November 1937, no. 144, with inv. no. RP-T-1937-19, fl. 20 for both, to the dealer P. Brandt for the museum (L. 2228)

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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