Cupid with the Wheel of Time

oil on canvas overall: 65.9 × 55.3 cm (25 15/16 × 21 3/4 in.) framed: 90.17 × 80.01 × 7.62 cm (35 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 3 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection Provenance: (Angelo Bonelli, Rome), by 1803; (Bonelli sale by private contract [not an auction], No. 4 Duke Street [The Roman Gallery], London, 4 January 1803 and continuing until 15 December 1803, no. 65, as _A Genius trying to stop a Wheel_ by Parmegianino[_sic_], not sold); (Bonelli sale, Christie's, London, 24-25 February 1804, first day, no. 24, as _A Sketch, very spirited_ by Parmigiano[_sic_], bought in); (Bonelli sale, Farebrother, London [?], 2 May 1804, no. 42, as _An allegory, a beautiful sketch