Venus and Cupid with a Bow, after Parmigianino
Dimensions:
9¾ × 6¼ inches with letters, 8¾ × 6¼ inches without letters.
Blocks, 4:
Buff, light brown, terra-cotta red, black.
Inscription, bottom:
“Tho. Brand Arm. Hospit. Temp. D. D. D. / J. B. Jackſon sculptor.”
Left, running vertically:
“F. M. Parm. inv.”
1731.
The dedication was added about 1750. Other impressions occur in a combination of green and brown and also in gray and green. Five impressions are in the British Museum including one in which two slanting vertical lines in the table immediately to the left of Cupid’s left leg are omitted.
Philadelphia, MFA, BM, V&A, Berlin-Dahlem, Rotterdam, Brussels