Cupid and Minerva

Richard Cosway British

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Demonstrating close study of classical and Renaissance sources, Cosway imagines an intimate moment in the life of the ancient gods, showing the warrior goddess Minerva teaching the boy Cupid how to aim his bow. An early biographer called it a "splendid work...powerfully drawn...the pose...admirable, the grouping remarkable...a particularly fine specimen of the master's firmest, sharpest work."

Cupid and Minerva, Richard Cosway (British, Oakford, Devon 1742–1821 London), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite

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