This chalk drawing shows Venus, the Roman goddess of love, with her son Cupid, the Roman god of love. Venus can be recognised by her diadem and earrings of pearls, which symbolise beauty and fertility. She looks over her left shoulder at Cupid, who is depicted with his bow, arrow and quiver.
The drawing is a copy after Govert Flinck’s painting Venus and Cupid. It was long attributed to him as a study for the painting. The painting has not survived, but was in the collection of writer and theatre director Tobias van Domselaer (1611 - 1658) at the time. An engraving was also made after the painting by Cornelis van Dalen II (1638 - 1660/1664), an impression of which is in the Rijksmuseum collection (inv.no. RP-P-1904-2794). Around 1650, Flinck made several paintings of Venus and Cupid, in which Venus assumes standing and reclining poses.
Specifications
| Title | Venus and Cupid |
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| Material and technique | Black chalk, grey wash |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 262 mm Height 316 mm |
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| Artists |
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Govert Flinck
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| Accession number | GF 1 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1871 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1871 |
| Creation date | in circa 1635 - 1660 |
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| Object | |
| Technique |
Grey wash
> Washing
> Wash
> Drawing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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All about the artist
Govert Flinck
Kleef 1615 - Amsterdam 1660
Govert Flinck, a pupil of Rembrandt, was much in demand as portrait painter, but had the ambition to paint large historical works. When the new city hall was...
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