Venus and Cupid

early 17th century

Paul Hübner

Sculptor, German, active 1582 - 1614

Media Options

Skip thumbnail navigation Back to thumbnail navigation
This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina (rubbed locally)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval, without loop): 9.5 x 7.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.) gross weight: 83 gr

  • Accession

    1957.14.587


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 453.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 431.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 160, no. 12.

Wikidata ID

Q63815111


You may be interested in

Loading Results