Sculpture

Venus and Cupid

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: First half of the 16th century
Accession number: 17.14
Makers: Ciechanoueivski Master(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1550–1599); previously attributed to Pierre Francheville(Opens in new tab) (French); Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Follower: follower of Francesco Fanelli(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1608–1661)
Dimensions: 9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Medium: bronze
Description: This statuette portrays a female figure in the act of drying herself after a bath and a child resting against the woman's thigh.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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