Current knowledge
Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) 42
Antonio da Correggio
Venus, Satyr and Cupid
Current measurements:
188cm x 125cm
Date:
c.1528
Correggio’s erotic masterpiece was one of the most expensive pictures at the Sale, valued at £1000. It came from the Mantua sale and forms the centre point of this impressive display.
Van der Doort 1639
Antonio Correggio
Sleeping Venus and Cupid, and a Satyr taking up some part of Venus's drapery, 3 life-size, full-length figures
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):