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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