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Venus Coupant les Ailes de l'Amour

Corot, Camille (1796-1875, French)

Etching and drypoint printed in black on cream laid Japan paper

Camille Corot, Venus Coupant les Ailes de l'Amour

Camille Corot
Venus Coupant les Ailes de l'Amour; Venus Clipping the Wings of Cupid

Description


 

Date: 1859
Medium: Etching and drypoint printed in black on cream laid Japan paper
Dimensions: Plate: 238 x 157 mm.  9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. Sheet: 348 x 260 mm. 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.
References: Delteil 10; Melot 10, only state
Provenance: Hector Giacomelli (1822-1904, Paris) Lugt 1311; Alfred Beurdeley (1847, 1919, Paris) Lugt 421; Private collection, New York
Impression: A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce print
Condition: Near perfect