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Cupid Asleep

Mather Brown (American, 1761–1831)
1812

Medium/Technique Pen and ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 19.1 x 23.7 cm (7 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.710
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ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (1962) cat. 99
DescriptionWoman left, bending over Cupid asleep on drapies, arrow and quiver beside him. Credit line should read: Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M and M Karolik Collection of American Water Colors and Drawings, 1800-1875.
Signed Signed and dated lower right: Mather Brown 1812
Marks Watermark: O Brenchley
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955