Cupid asleep approached by Venus in her Chariot ('Cupid in the Island of Cyprus') (after Orazio Riminaldi)
Carlo Faucci (Florence 1729-1784)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
21 Mar 1763
Materials
Engraving on paper
Measurements
216 x 305 mm (8 1/2 x 12 in)
Place of origin
Florence
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 110026
Summary
Engraving on paper, Cupid asleep approached by Venus in her Chariot (after Orazio Riminaldi) by Carlo Faucci (Florence 1729-1784). Inscribed: Cupid in the Island of Cyprus/ The original picture by Guido Rheni [sic] from which this PRINT is taken in the collection of Lord Scarsdale. Carlo Faucci Sculp. Published by J Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, March 21st 1763. Vol. II pl. 13. In a glazed wooden and gilt frame. See painting now thought to be by Orazio Riminaldi also at Kedleston (NT 108831)
Makers and roles
Carlo Faucci (Florence 1729-1784), engraver (printmaker) John Boydell I (Dorrington 1719 – Cheapside, London 1804), engraver and publisher after Orazio Riminaldi (Pisa 1586 – Pisa 1630), artist