Italian School, 17th Century
Venus chastising Cupid
oil on canvas, unframed
29 x 21½ in. (74 x 54.5 cm.)
Italian School, 17th Century
Venus chastising Cupid
oil on canvas, unframed
29 x 21½ in. (74 x 54.5 cm.)
Probably acquired by Robert, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641-1702) for Althorp, and by descent.
George Knapton, Inventory, 1746 (Althorp) - in the Red Dressing Room "152 Venus whipping of Cupid"
1750, Inventory - "Venus whipping Cupid after Paul Veronese"
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