Cupid Carving Son Arc 140 X 103 Full Length Portrait Hst XVIII

Italian school after Francesco MAZZOLA called PARMESAN (1503-1540)

Cupid cutting his bow Imposing Oil on canvas in Very Good condition Label on the back of the frame -

Late 18th century Old restorations Dim: 140 X 103 cm

Disturbing androgyny -
Ambiguity graceful -

Our painting is a copy of the famous painting painted around 1533, described by Vasari and kept in Vienna at the Kunsthistorisches Museum (inv.-Nr.GG_275).
Various other copies are kept in public collections: -

Paris, Musée du Louvre, MG 497, Dim: 42 X 30 cm. -

Nantes, Museum of Arts, Inv 2810, Dim 69 X 51 cm. -

Besançon, Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology, Inv 885.13.1, Dim: 125 X 63 cm -

Grenoble Museum, Inv MG 497, Dim: 40 X 27 cm -

Bourg-en-Bresse, Brou Museum, Inv. 902.1, Dim: 138 X 105 cm

It is difficult to date the work precisely after the restorations, but the pictorial layer showing a fine network of homogeneous micro-cracks reinforces the hypothesis of an old workmanship. Our table approximates in size to