"Venus and Cupid" by Diego Velázquez
Date1912
Artist
William Harry Warren Bicknell
(American printmaker, 1860–1947)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 12 3/16 × 16 7/16 in. (31 × 41.8 cm)
sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 in. (39.7 × 53.3 cm)
sheet: 15 5/8 × 21 in. (39.7 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-122
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBest known locally for his etchings after Howard Pyle's paintings, Bicknell made reproductive etchings based on paintings by many artists. This etching replicates the famous Rokeby Venus by Spanish baroque painter Diego Velázquez. The original is in the National Gallery, London.
