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[Three putti with a garland of fruit.]

[Three putti with a garland of fruit.]

[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi after Guercino.]
[London: John Boydell, 1780.]
Fine stipple, printed in sanguine; Proof before all letters, 18th century watermark 195 x 330mm (7¾ x 13"), with very large margins.
A half-length composition, with Venus holding one arrow and Cupid's quiver while he reaches to draw another arrow from it. Engraved from a red chalk in the Royal Collection, which was probably an early sketch for the painting in Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington.
De Vesme 2196.
[Ref: 53328]  £280.00


 

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