Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Venus with Cupids

John Vanderbank
1694-1739

Venus with Cupids

1723
11 5/8 x 17 1/8 inches (296 x 434 mm)
Red chalk on paper.
III, 183b

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: shield surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, with letters LVG (Churchill 484).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated in graphite at lower center, "J. Vanderbank Fecit. 1723".
Associated names
Knapton, George, former owner.
Morrison, George, General, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919 former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department