![[Three putti with a garland of fruit.]](jpegs/53328.jpg)
[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
[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