Selling of Cupids
Graphite Pencil
Neoclassicism
1776
59.0 x 74.0 cm
Yale Center for British Art
johann heinrich füssli (1741 – 1825)
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About this artwork
- Title: Selling of Cupids
- Artist: johann heinrich füssli
- Year: 1776
- Original dimensions: 59.0 x 74.0 cm
- Format: Panoramic
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Yale Center for British Art
- Corpus context: classical ideals , renaissance art
- Purpose: Focal
- Keywords: cupid arrow symbolism , historical drawings , vintage art print
Quick Facts
- Subject or theme: Venus receiving an arrow from Cupid
- Medium: Pencil drawing (Graphite)
- Year: 1776
- Artistic style: Neoclassical
- Dimensions: 59 x 74 cm
- Title: Selling of Cupids