FIGURINE, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Unknown (Sculptor)

Currently in storage

About this object

Each representing a female wearing a flowering robe, seated on a rock, the first one (.1) with her right breast bare, holds a wreath in her left hand and with her right lifts a robe to show a putto asleep with his head on a ledge beside her. The other one (.2), with her left breast bare, puts a wreath on the head of a putto seated in front of her. Each has a stepped round marble base with a collar of beads in gilt metal.

Object name:

FIGURINE, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

White marble -- gilt metal

Made in:

France

Date made:

18th c.

Size:

14 in. (35.6 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

22.6.1

Class:

STONE

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973