Venus and Cupid

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr. [1837-1913], New York; (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 1915 by William A. Clark [1839-1925]; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Venus and Cupid

Falconet, Etienne-Maurice

model c. 1770s, carved early 19th century

Accession Number

2014.136.245

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 42.55 × 17.78 × 17.78 cm (16 3/4 × 7 × 7 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)