Statue of Cupid in a Wall Niche

Also known as: Detail de Niche dans un Boudoire; Project for the Decoration of a Salon

Inscriptions

by artist(?), center, in brown ink: [pieds?] [illegible] / <-------- 3: ----------------- 6: ------------> ; RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: Detail de Niche dans un Boudoire~ / Style Louis XVI . fin du 18 eme Siecle ~ ; lower right, in graphite: N° 90 [sideways] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, printed in black on separately applied piece of paper: 59 ; on same sheet, in brown ink: A[P?]

Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (Lugt 421, lower right, in black ink)

Exhibition history

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Quick Overview

Artist: Paolo Vincenzo Bonomini (Italian, 1757–1834)
Date: late 1700s
Medium: pen and black ink (ruled in places) with traces of graphite, heightened with traces of white
Dimensions: Sheet: 20.2 x 32.8 cm (7 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 27.2 x 40.1 cm (10 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Henry H. Hawley in memory of Greta Millikin
Accession no.: 1991.146

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.