Cupid Riding on a Goat

Artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, called Il Benedetto (Italian, 1609 - 1664)

Date17th century

MediumRed chalk, pen and wash, and bistre ink

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 5 3/16 inches (11.43 × 13.18 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Milton McGreevy

Object number81-30/16

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 7-April 4, 1965, no. 23.

Provenance

William Bateson (1861-1926), London, by 1926 [1];

With Durlacher Brothers, New York, stock no. AH 30, on joint account with Tomás Harris, October 11, 1948-November 6, 1951 [2];

Purchased from Durlacher Brothers by Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, November 6, 1951-1980;

His bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.

NOTES:

[1] Lugt 2604a.

[2] Getty Research Library, Los Angeles, Durlacher Brothers Records, Box 14, Ledger 1937-1966, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files. Durlacher and Harris each held a half share.

Published References

“Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy,” Bulletin (The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum) vol. 4, no. 6 (March 7-April 4, 1965).

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