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Description: | This work forms one of a set of four allegorical paintings in which nude putti playfully enact the different arts. In Painting the four figures practice the various stages of the artistic process. One in the lower right sketches from a classical bust while behind him another stretches a canvas. On the left paint is being prepared in readiness for the artist at work in the centre of the composition. In keeping with the frivolous nature of the whole scene, the subject he paints is cupid who holds out his bow as if he has just shot a magic arrow. | Subjects: | allegory (painting); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Wit, Jacob de (Dutch painter, 1695-1754) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to Kauffmann, Angelica (Swiss painter and printmaker, 1741-1807) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8839... | Go to resource |
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