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Cupid Binding Aglaia to a Laurel
between 1749 and 1815
Angelica Kauffman (Artist) Swiss, 1741 - 1807 Thomas Burke (Artist) English, 1749-1815
Engraving printed in color ink on chine collé
Plate: 13 1/8 × 14 1/2 inches (33.3 × 36.8 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 18 5/8 inches (44.1 × 47.3 cm)
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Gift of John S. Newberry
59.76
This work is in the public domain.
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Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Angelica Kauffman Pinx. Inscribed, lower right: Thos: Burke Fecit Inscribed, center lower margin: Cupid binding Aglaia to a LAUREL. | Metastasio, Vol: 7. | From the Original-Picture, in the Possession of Geoe" Bowles, Esqr: | Publish'd Novr" 21st: 1784, by T. Burke, No: 3, Barton Street, Westminster.
Stamp, in red, verso: DIA Stamp in purple, verso: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
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John S. Newberry
1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Thomas Burke; after Angelica Kauffman, Cupid Binding Aglaia to a Laurel, between 1749 and 1815, engraving printed in color ink on chine collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 59.76.
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