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Source Description
This painting repeats, almost exactly, the composition of a smaller canvas attributed to Guido Reni that was in the collection of the dukes of Leuchtenberg in Munich and in St. Petersburg around the middle of the 19th century. As the Leuchtenberg painting is now missing and known only from an engraving, it is difficult to ascertain whether it was Reni's original or a copy. The Walters' painting appears to be by a close follower. Federico Zeri, in his 1976 catalogue of the Walters' Italian paintings (no. 357), suggested an attribution to Elisabetta Sirani. The painting was acquired by Henry Walters before 1929; no further provenance is known.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35155
label
Cupid with a Bow
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35155
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Cupid with a Bow
description
This painting repeats, almost exactly, the composition of a smaller canvas attributed to Guido Reni that was in the collection of the dukes of Leuchtenberg in Munich and in St. Petersburg around the middle of the 19th century. As the Leuchtenberg painting is now missing and known only from an engraving, it is difficult to ascertain whether it was Reni's original or a copy. The Walters' painting appears to be by a close follower. Federico Zeri, in his 1976 catalogue of the Walters' Italian paintings (no. 357), suggested an attribution to Elisabetta Sirani. The painting was acquired by Henry Walters before 1929; no further provenance is known.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
17th century (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
56.9
height
72
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 22 3/8 x W: 28 3/8 in. (56.9 x 72 cm); Framed, H: 28 3/4 × W: 35 1/16 in. (73 × 89 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
3958
1913
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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