Exceptional Eros by Parmigianino painted by María Cristina de Borbón, 19th century Spanish school

Exceptional Eros by Parmigianino painted by María Cristina de Borbón, 19th century Spanish school
Version of the one preserved in the Prado painted by María Cristina de Borbón, measures: 202 x 120 framed, canvas: 172 x 88 cm, with old label of the Civil War Seizure Board on the back. Eros is pictured here as a rogue. The original Parmigianino painting (now in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum), painted in the 1530s, is considered to have traveled from Parma to Madrid, and hung in the home of Antonio Pérez, secretary to King Philip II in the 1560s and 1570, behind a silk curtain. This would add mystery to the image: upon removal, the spectators' gaze would suddenly be fixed on Cupid and hers on them. The king was the next owner of the painting, which in 1605 was sent to Rudolf II in Prague. The copy in the Prado Museum must have been painted before the original left Spain. It may be the work of Eugenio Cajés, known for having copied other paintings from the Royal Collection. But painting copies was a very common practice at that time, so it is difficult to accurately identify the authors. The plasticity of the original representation, painted on a panel, is somewhat weakened here due to the effect of the texture of the canvas used as a support. Even so, this copy retains some of the beauty and appeal of the original. Another old copy with close measurements is kept in the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d´Archéologie de Besançon (inv. 885.13.1, oil on canvas, 125 x 63 cm) The plasticity of the original representation, painted on a panel, is somewhat weakened here due to the effect of the texture of the canvas used as a support. Even so, this copy retains some of the beauty and appeal of the original. Another old copy with close measurements is kept in the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d´Archéologie de Besançon (inv. 885.13.1, oil on canvas, 125 x 63 cm) The plasticity of the original representation, painted on a panel, is somewhat weakened here due to the effect of the texture of the canvas used as a support. Even so, this copy retains some of the beauty and appeal of the original. Another old copy with close measurements is kept in the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d´Archéologie de Besançon (inv. 885.13.1, oil on canvas, 125 x 63 cm)