Cupid Shooting Arrows at the World Globe

Attributed to Otto van Veen Netherlandish

1608 or shortly before (?)

Not on view

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Title: Cupid Shooting Arrows at the World Globe
Artist: Attributed to Otto van Veen (Netherlandish, Leiden 1556–1629 Brussels)
Date: 1608 or shortly before (?)
Medium: Brush and gray ink, over black chalk, white gouache; framing lines in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand; incised for transfer
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 5 5/16 in. (8.6 x 13.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of János Scholz, 1949
Object Number: 49.93.5a
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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