Venus and Cupid
early 17th century
Sculptor, German, active 1582 - 1614
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina (rubbed locally)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (oval, without loop): 9.5 x 7.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.) gross weight: 83 gr
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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