AT-00006172
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Venus and Cupid
by John Deare
Inscriptions
Signed, dated, and inscribed, lower right, in pen and black ink: “J. Deare - June . 1789 – Rome”
Provenance
Hugh Honour (1927–2016) and John Fleming (1919–2001), Villa Marchìo, Tofori, Tuscany, Italy. Sold by Lowell Libson, Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing", November 16, 2017 - April 1, 2018.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Deare / English, 1759-1798
- Date
- 1789
- Medium
- Pen and black ink on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 27.6 × 30.4 cm (10 7/8 × 12 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- drawings (visual works)
- Place
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 2017.283
More by John Deare in museum collections
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