The Punishment of Cupid

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 36.4 x 18 cm (14 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
accessory size: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.116

Artists / Makers

Etienne-Maurice Falconet (artist) French, 1716 - 1791

Image Use

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Provenance

(Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, Paris, and New York); sold 1 January 1903 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Provenance from Widener card file, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Bibliography

1900: Guérinet, Armand. Matériaux et documents d'art decoratif: Oeuvres de Bronzes R. Wallace, arts decoratifs, etc. Paris, 1900: 140.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 133, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 154.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 137, repro.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 82, repro.

1995: Hercz, Robert. "Bum Rap." Saturday Night 110 (1995): 20, repro.