Mantel Clock
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1775
Mediummarble, gilt bronze, glass, brass
Dimensions14 3/4 x 12 5/8 x 6 in. (37.5 x 32.1 x 15.2 cm.)
DescriptionThe clock case features Youth, embodied by a barely-draped young woman, crowning Love, represented as Cupid.
SignedClockface signed "Lepaute Hger. du Roi"
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Label TextThe motif of Venus and Cupid flanking the dial is frequently found on clocks of this date. When this clock was acquired in 1916, it was wrongly attributed to the school of the sculptor Falconet, an artist popular among Gilded Age collectors. The dealer Joseph Duveen convinced Henry Huntington to buy it by telling him it would make a nice set with a pair of Falconet sculptures already in his collection.Status
On viewObject number16.9
