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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
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
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