Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin
c. 1729
Artist, German, 1689 - 1741

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink and gray wash on laid paper; scored for transfer
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 13.4 x 18.5 cm (5 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1990.4.2
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2018
Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.
Inscriptions
lower right in pen and black ink: 7.
Wikidata ID
Q64582037