L'Amour Captif de la Jeunesse
Maker
Unknown
Afterafter
Simon-Louis Boizot
(French, 1743 - 1809)
Additional Title(s)
- Love, the Captive of Youth
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1850-1900
Mediumlimestone on a limestone pedestal
Dimensions66 x 31 x 38 in. (167.6 x 78.7 x 96.5 cm.)
DescriptionThis sculptural group is a large scale copy of a a porcelain figure created in 1797 at the Sèvres porcelain manufactory in Vincennes, France. The figures and round base were integrally carved from a single block of limestone.
SignedCarved into the front of the base: L’AMOUR CAPTIF DE LA JEUNESSE
InscribedCarved into the front of the base: L’AMOUR CAPTIF DE LA JEUNESSE
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextStatus
On viewObject number27.2
Eugène-Stanislas-Alexandre Blery
July 20, 1838
Object number: 000.65.2
Eugène-Stanislas-Alexandre Blery
June 12, 1841
Object number: 000.65.26
