About the Artwork
Cupid and the Rape of Proserpine
c. 1760
Charles Francois Hutin (Artist) French, 1715-1776 Francesco Albani (Artist) Italian, 1578-1660 Pieter Tanje (Artist) Dutch, 1706-1761
Engraving printed in black on laid paper
plate: 17 1/4 x 20 in. 43.7 x 50.7 cm sheet: 27 7/8 x 20 3/4 in. 70.7 x 52.6 cm
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892
1991.46
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Markings
In plate, lower left: C. Hutin delin.; lower right: P. Tanje Sculps.; lower left of the bottom margin: Quadro di Francesco Albani / dalla Galeria Reale di Dresda / Largo piedi 3. onc. 6. Alto piedi 2. onc. 7.; lower right of the bottom margin: Tableau de Francois Albane / de la Galerie Royale de Dresde / Large 3. pieds 6. pouces. Haut 2. pieds 7. pouces.; lower right corner: No. 21; in brown ink under Hutin's name: About 1760; under Tanje's name: (Dutch) 1700-1760.; in black ink under Francois Albane: 1578-1660 / (Bologna); lower left corner within the plate- mark: (Rape of Proserpine) / on the right.; lower center: Little Loves dancing around the Statue of Cupid; lower right corner: Gift of Bela Hubbard / 1892.; in pencil, lower center and lower right corner: 70
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Pieter Tanje; after Francesco Albani; after Charles Francois Hutin, Cupid and the Rape of Proserpine, c. 1760, Engraving printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bela Hubbard, 1892, 1991.46.
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