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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.266
People
Constantino Cedini, Italian (Padua 1741 - 1811 Venice)
Previously attributed to Giovanni Battista Crosato, Italian (1686 - 1758 Venice, Italy)
Title
Venus and Cupid with Two Putti
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231260

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fresco laid down on canvas
Technique
Fresco painting
Dimensions
89.5 x 241.5 cm (35 1/4 x 95 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.266
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 61 [as by Giovanni Battista Crosato]
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 103, 356, repr. b/w cat. no. 767
  • K. G. Saur, Allgemeines Künstler all Zeiten und Völker (Munich, 1999), p.429
  • Denis Ton, Giambattista Crosato: Pittore del Rococò Europeo, Scripta Edizioni (Verona, 2012), pp. 392-393, cat. R7, repr.

Verification Level

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