Cupid Stealing Venus's Floral Crown

Provenance

Baron Louis-Auguste de Schwiter [1805-1889] (Lugt 1768), Paris (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 20-21 April 1883, lot 26); (Strölin et Bayser, Paris); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Cupid Stealing Venus's Floral Crown

Coypel, Antoine

1705/1708

Accession Number

2006.11.11

Medium

orange-red, white, and black chalk, squared for transfer in black chalk, on blue laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 32.9 x 24.1 cm (12 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner