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Venus and Cupid Reclining on a Bed
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Venus and Cupid Reclining on a Bed

Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner (German, worked in Venice, 1706–1780)
about 1740-1760
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 29.4 x 31.3 cm (11 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineGift of George Washington Wales
Accession numberM1630
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, lower margin, "Casta placent; Lusus desidiose Vale."ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882