Mars and Cupid

Provenance

Dr. Ridley, Croydon, England; sold, Sotheby's, London, April 2, 1912, part of lot 212, as Michelangelo, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower center, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center on mount, in black].

Mars and Cupid

Luca Cambiaso

c. 1550

Accession Number

81707

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card

Dimensions

26.4 × 13.8 cm (10 7/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Classification

ink with wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection