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Venus and Cupid

Attributed (French, ca. 1740 - after 1807)
Additional Title(s)
  • Venus et l'armour
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date1775-1800
Mediumwhite marble on a white marble pedestal
Dimensions15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm.)
DescriptionVenus holds roses in left hand, draws Cupid to her right side.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Label TextThe imitation and reproduction of works of master sculptors was a common practice in 18th-century France. Falconet was one of the most renowned sculptors of the time, and his designs were used for the reproduction of small-scale marbles, like these sculptures of Venus and Cupid, both during his lifetime and over the next two centuries. Such replication responded to the demand from collectors for more decorative, mildly erotic figures and groups to place in domestic interiors.
Status
On view
Object number16.7
Venus and Cupid
Etienne Maurice Falconet
ca. 1775-1800
Object number: 16.8
Venus
Etienne Maurice Falconet
1875-1900
Object number: 27.85
Venus Bedecking Cupid with a Garland of Roses
Unknown
1875-1900
Object number: 18.13
Venus and Cupid
Unknown
1875-1900
Object number: 27.91
Venus
Joseph Broche
1775-1800
Object number: 27.94
Venus and Cupid
Francesco Fanelli
early 17th Century
Object number: 17.14
Venus Teaching Cupid use of Bow
Unknown, French, 16th Century
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.21
Venus Blindfolded by Cupid
Federico Gætano Villa
1876
Object number: 14.55
An Italian Beauty
Etienne Adolphe Piot
n.d.
Object number: 26.111
The Bather
Gaetano Mercanti
ca. 1861
Object number: 27.89
Venus Sending Cupid to Psyche
Edward Burne-Jones
ca. 1866
Object number: 2000.5.1550.40
Venus and Cupid
François Boucher
1769
Object number: 78.20.1