Cupid, in the Character of a Link Boy
Medium
Mezzotint; scratched letter proof
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 12 15/16 in. (49.7 × 32.8 cm) Plate: 15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.2 × 27.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.105.29
About the Artist
Sir Joshua Reynolds|John Dean · 1723–1792
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) was a British painter who became the dominant figure in eighteenth-century British art and the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. Born in Plympton, Devon, he studied under the portrait painter Thomas Hudson in London, and a transformative visit to Italy (1749–52) — where he studied the Old Masters, particularly the Venetian colorists and Michelangelo — sh...