Naked archers shooting at a target attached to a herm, Cupid sleeping below, possibly an allegory related to vice
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti|Antonio Lafreri|Nicolas Beatrizet
Artist bio: Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome|French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome|French, Lunéville 1515–ca. 1566 Rome (?)
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|French|French
Date: ca. 1540–60
Medium: Engraving, red wash on the exposed penises presumably to obscure them
Dimensions: Plate: 9 7/16 × 14 in. (24 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 1/2 in. (29 × 39.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2017
Accession year: 2017
Tags: Bow and Arrow|Male Nudes|Archery|Cupid