Live Auction 22326Old Master & British Drawings
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 16 Property from the Collection of Dr. Corinne Bronfman

ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Two urinating Cupids (recto and verso)

Closed1 February 2024

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Two urinating Cupids (recto and verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
4 ¼ x 4 5⁄8 in. (10.5 x 11.9 cm)

probably with Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York.
Gerald Bronfman (1911-1986) and Marjorie Bronfman, née Schechter (1917-2012), Montreal; by descent to
Corinne Bronfman (1947-2022), Washington DC; by descent to the present owners.

Specialist note

Regina Slatkin suggested that this small double-sided drawing could be ascribed to Lorenzo Lotto (written communication to the former owners). The drawing is however by a later hand. The motif of urinating putti derives from antiquity and symbolizes Cupid betokening fertility in marriage (see K. Christiansen, ‘Lorenzo Lotto and the Tradition of Epithalamic Paintings’, Apollo, CXXIV, no. 295, 1986, pp. 166-173).