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Venus and Cupid,
1834
Attributed to Asher B. Durand, 1796–1886; born Jefferson, NJ; died Maplewood, NJ
x1943-12
Information
Title
Venus and Cupid
Dates
1834
Maker
Attributed to Asher B. Durand
Medium
Watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
20.1 x 27.2 cm (7 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1943-12
Signatures
Signed and dated in graphite and pen and brown ink, lower right: A.B. Durand. 1834
Inscription
in black ink, lower center: Venus and Cupid
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black ink, lower right: [M in square] [Lugt 1853a]
Stamp in ink, lower left: [serpant surrounding chalice with monogram] [Lugt 2824] [inscribed with Am 9]
Culture
Type
Materials
Max A. Goldstein (Lugt 2824, with Am. 9 above in pen and black ink); his sale, American Art Association, 2 March 1920, no. 225 (with note: "From the George Jones Dramatic Collection"); purchased by the donor (Lugt 1853a)
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., p. 101, no. 100 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 169, cat. no. 39; p. 170 (illus.), p. 329, checklist no. 667
