VENUS AND CUPID
Creator(s): Unknown (Sculptor) , Étienne Maurice Falconet (After)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Represented are the so-called "Venus and Cupid" after Falconet- a female nude seated on a piece of drapery on top of a tree stump, the drapery passes over her left thigh against which a standing putto leans and tries to take a wreath of roses held on her right hand, the statuette rests on a round white marble base shaped like a truncated fluted column.
- Object name:
- VENUS AND CUPID
- Made from:
- White marble
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- c. 1770
- Size:
- Without Base: 12 in. (30.5 cm) 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 22.5
- Class:
- STONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973