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Source Description
This statue depicts Venus as she is sitting on stone, with a crown of flowers on her head and her clothing loosely draped across her waist. She is gazing at the face of Cupid with her left hand around his side, and the other hand holding a cup. Cupid is leaping from a lower stone into the lap of Venus, with his arms reaching around her. At their feet we can see Cupid's arrows along side a pitcher and a garland of flowers.
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Document identity
localId
34161
label
Statuette with Cupid Reaching for Venus
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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34161
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object
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normalized
title
Statuette with Cupid Reaching for Venus
description
This statue depicts Venus as she is sitting on stone, with a crown of flowers on her head and her clothing loosely draped across her waist. She is gazing at the face of Cupid with her left hand around his side, and the other hand holding a cup. Cupid is leaping from a lower stone into the lap of Venus, with his arms reaching around her. At their feet we can see Cupid's arrows along side a pitcher and a garland of flowers.
provenance
Edmond F. Bonaventure [dealer], New York, by 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown] (?); purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 (?); by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.
date
18th century
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
statuary groups
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm)
Source extras
med
porcelain biscuit
creator_ids
6229
1916
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none
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1d7bd18db85dac66