Venus of the Doves

Provenance

M. de Périgny;[1] (sale, Paris, 6-7 April 1841, no. 119, as by Bouchardon). Duc de Cambacerès, Paris. (Wildenstein & Co., New York); acquired 1946 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1952 to NGA. [1] The names of Comte de Parabère and Comte de Trudaine were included in the provenance provided by Wildenstein but, according to Ulrich Middeldorf, _Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century_, 1976, p. 109, neither they nor the Duc de Cambacerès could be further identified.

Venus of the Doves

Falconet, Etienne-Maurice

Accession Number

1952.5.101

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 75.1 x 71.3 x 45.7 cm (29 9/16 x 28 1/16 x 18 in.) | gross weight: 372 lb. (168.738 kg)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection