Venus and Cupid
Group
ca. 1600-1625 (made)
ca. 1600-1625 (made)
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Lost-wax casting was an expensive and highly skilled process. It usually required collaboration between a sculptor and a foundry. Despite the careful finishing of the work, the bronze often retains traces of the casting process. The underside of this statuette reveals many features of the casting process. You can see the end of a sawn-off sprue, as well as ‘flashes’ of bronze which have seeped through the mould when the molten metal was poured in.
Object details
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| Title | Venus and Cupid (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette group, bronze, of Venus and Cupid, French or Netherlandish, ca. 1600-25 |
| Physical description | Group in bronze. Venus, naked, is seated with her feet crossed on a mantle spread over the ground, half reclining against a rock and embracing Cupid with her right arm; he is standing, looking up into her face, holding a bracelet (?) in his right hand and touching her neck with his left. Dark brown patina over pale bronze with reddish patches. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | From the Salting bequest. |
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| Summary | Lost-wax casting was an expensive and highly skilled process. It usually required collaboration between a sculptor and a foundry. Despite the careful finishing of the work, the bronze often retains traces of the casting process. The underside of this statuette reveals many features of the casting process. You can see the end of a sawn-off sprue, as well as ‘flashes’ of bronze which have seeped through the mould when the molten metal was poured in. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.86-1910 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2004 |
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