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Venus and Cupid
Painter: Palma, Jacopo il Vecchio
History note: Queen Christina of Sweden, Rome (d. 1689); Orleans family; exh. for sale, London, Mr Bryan's Gallery, 26ff. Dec. 1798 (34), not sold; sale, London, Coxe, Burrell and Foster, Mr Bryan's Gallery, 14 Feb. 1800 (31), bt. Walton
Height: 118.1 cm
Width: 208.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Circa 1523 - 1524
Support composed of canvas
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: 109
Primary reference Number: 563
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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