Cupido, Christian von Mechel, after Carle van Loo, 1764

Title(s)

Cupido
L'amour menaçant (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1905-2872

Catalogue reference

• Wüthrich (Von Mechel) 291

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Christian von Mechel (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Carle van Loo (mentioned on object)
• (mentioned on object)
• César Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1764

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 411 mm × width 296 mm

What

• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Who

• César Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin

Acquisition

purchase 1905

Copyright

Public domain

• Das Oeuvre des Kupferstechers Christian von Mechel : vollständiges Verzeichnis der von ihm geschaffene und verlegten graphischen Arbeiten, Dl. 2, p. 96, cat.nr. 291