Harvard Art Museums > R11955: Cupids Forging Arrows Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cupids Forging Arrows (Louis Desplaces)(After Charles-Antoine Coypel) , R11955,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/239105. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R11955 People Louis Desplaces, French (Paris 1682 - 1739 Paris) After Charles-Antoine Coypel, French (Paris 1694 - 1752 Paris) Title Cupids Forging Arrows Other Titles Original Language Title: Les Amours (forgerons) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 18th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/239105 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving Dimensions Image: 32.5 × 27 cm (12 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.) Plate: 37.5 x 28.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.) Sheet: 41 x 32 cm (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, under image, left: Peint par Ch. Coypel. inscription: in plate, under image, right: Gravé par L. Desplaces inscription: left, in plate, under image: Satire audacieux, dans le fond des forêts / Envain tu crois cahcer ta proye / L'amour dont tu volis les traits / Sourit, et te les voit enlever avec joye inscription: in plate, under image, right: Celuy qu'il te reserve est le plus dangereaux, / Plus ses traits sont cachés, plus leur victorie est sure / Et l'on ne doit jamais badiner avec lux / Sitost qu'on en craint la blessure. inscription: center, under print and over text, in graphite: Cupids forging their arrows (not assigned): below text, in graphite: Liebes gütter mit Bogen / 132 inscription: in plate, center, below image: à Paris chés Beauvais ruë S.t Jacques a S.t Nicolas. inscription: recto,top left, graphite: 60 inscription: recto, bottom right, in graphite: 4 - inscription: verso, bottom right, in graphite: M / PR stamp: verso, center right: Randall Collection [stamp in purple ink] 11955 [handwritten, in graphite] Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Witt Randall, bequest, to; Belinda Lull Randall (his sister), gift; to Harvard University, 1892. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii/ii Standard Reference Number IFF, vol. VII, cat. no. 38, pp. 83 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R11955 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History French Art of the Eighteenth Century: The Michael L. Rosenberg Lecture Series at the Dallas Musuem of Art, 2016, Dallas Museum of Art/Yale University Press, New Haven, pp. 39-41, repr. p. 40, fig. 26 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
