"Unused" Joshua Reynolds Heliogravure Classical Copperplate Print "Cupid". With original box. Size: Frame 26x32x3cm, Picture 12x17cm. Please select "Eco-Mercari便" for shipping method (91). This is a print of "CUPID", the god of love, created by engraver Charles Marr based on the original painting by British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. Joshua Reynolds (Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792) Biography: United Kingdom / Rococo period First president of the Royal Academy. Leading portrait painter of 18th century Britain Career and Philosophy: A leading portrait painter of 18th-century Britain alongside Gainsborough, and an educator who served as the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts in Britain. Reynolds, who believed that "artists must always depict noble and sublime subjects," emphasized the style (Grand Manner) of classical painting masters like Raphael, and created an ideal that served as a model for British art, considering "history painting" that dealt with saints, myths, and historical events as the highest genre. On the other hand, he is known for painting numerous idealized portraits with symbolic meanings, often using religious or historical motifs, as if conscious of 'history painting'.