Venus and Cupid
Figure Group
ca. 1747 (made), 1747 (modelled)
ca. 1747 (made), 1747 (modelled)
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Figure group of Venus and Cupid, of hard-paste porcelain. Venus seated on a high rocky, flowered base, her left arm holding Cupid, her right arm extended toward two billing doves. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, Venus' drapery white, Cupid's puce; flesh tones lightly tinted at accent points, Cupid's wings gilt.
Object details
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| Title | Venus and Cupid (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Figure group of 'Venus and Cupid', hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by P. Reinicke and possibly J. J. Kändler in 1747, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1747. |
| Physical description | Figure group of Venus and Cupid, of hard-paste porcelain. Venus seated on a high rocky, flowered base, her left arm holding Cupid, her right arm extended toward two billing doves. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, Venus' drapery white, Cupid's puce; flesh tones lightly tinted at accent points, Cupid's wings gilt. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.927-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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