Venus and Cupid
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Francesco Fanelli
(Italian, ca. 1608 - 1661)
Maker
Ciechanoueivski Master
(Italian [Rome], active in the late 16th century)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
DateFirst half of the 16th century
Mediumbronze
Dimensions9 in. (22.9 cm.)
DescriptionThis statuette portrays a female figure in the act of drying herself after a bath and a child resting against the woman's thigh.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On viewObject number17.14
Francesco Zuccarelli
1750-1751
Object number: 2025.18.5