European school: 'Adonis led by Cupids to Venus', gouache on vellum, 17/18th C.

Dim.: 29,8 x 29,3 cm (the frame)
Dim.: 17,5 x 17,3 cm (the work)

The work depicts Adonis being led to Venus by several putti; the work appears to be a study of 'Adonis conduit près de Venus par les amours' by Francesco Albani (see attached scan), now part of the collection of The Louvre Museum (link), dated between 1621 and 1633. 

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