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Venus and Cupid Reclining on a Bed
Possibly by: Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner (German, worked in Venice, 1706–1780)
about 1740-1760
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.4 x 31.3 cm (11 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession NumberM1630
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
possibly Le Blanc 68
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, upper center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544); verso of backing sheet, upper center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, lower margin, "Casta placent; Lusus desidiose Vale."
ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882