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Venus Discovering Cupid Asleep

Thomas Burke and Angelica Kauffmann

Venus Discovering Cupid Asleep

1788

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Venus Discovering Cupid Asleep

Thomas Burke and Angelica Kauffmann

Venus Discovering Cupid Asleep

Venus Discovering Cupid Asleep

1788

Physical Qualities Stipple engraving, Sheet (oval; trimmed within platemark): 367 × 291 mm. (14 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of John M. Glenn
Object Number 1939.148a

Inscribed: Engraved in l/r, Thos. Burke Fecit.

Artist

Thomas Burke

1748–1814

Irish, 1749-1815
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Artist

Angelica Kauffmann

1740–1806

Swiss, 1741-1807
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