Thetis and Cupid Riding Fish
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Artist
content: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cupid, at left, raises his right hand, in which he holds an arrow, and graps the fin of the dolphin he is riding with his left hand. Thetis sits with her head torqued around to the front while holding the fin of the lion-headed fish she rides. The heads of two putti, one with pursed lips as if blowing, are depicted above.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2848
objectType: label: Type
content: classicism
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.7 × 21.8 cm (12 1/16 × 8 9/16 in.)