Skip to main content
Advanced Search

Studies of Venus and Cupid

(Italian, 1762–1841)
(Italian, 1503–1540)
about 1785-1810
Medium/TechniqueSoft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in three shades of brown
DimensionsSheet: 23.5 x 18.3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.8 x 18.2 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession numberB3220
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top left, the number "11."
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Boston, Paris (1826-1899); his bequest to the MFA June 12, 1900
Warrior Holding a Libation Bowl
Francesco Rosaspina
late 18th–early 19th century
Studies of the Virgin and Child
Francesco Rosaspina
about 1785-1810
Allegory of Justice
Francesco Rosaspina
late 18th–early 19th century
The Virgin and Child in the Clouds
Francesco Rosaspina
late 18th–early 19th century
Frontispiece to the Series "Celleberrimi Francisci Mazzola Parmensis Graphides"
Francesco Rosaspina
1788
Moses Sitting in Judgment
Francesco Rosaspina
1788
An Apostle (St. Matthias?)
Giovanni Battista Frulli
late 18th–early 19th century
Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
Francesco Rosaspina
late 18th–early 19th century
Seated Man and Woman
Francesco Rosaspina
about 1785-1810
A Man and a Woman
Francesco Rosaspina
1788
The Virgin, St. Elizabeth, and the Infant St. John the Baptist
The Virgin, St. Elizabeth, and the Infant St. John the Baptist
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th–late 16th century
Jason with the Golden Fleece
Jason with the Golden Fleece
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid-16th century