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Venus and Cupid (bronze sculpture)
Lost Art-ID
569384
Title
Venus and Cupid (bronze sculpture)
Datierung
1601/1635
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Bronze & Gold / firegilt
Height
14.40 cm
Inventory number
Pl.O. 2810
Description
The love-goddess wears a cloak around her shoulders, which she pulls with her right arm, from the inside, before the otherwise unclothed body. In her left hand she holds a flaming heart. On the left of her (from the viewer on the right) Amor is in a hurry. Probably furniture fitting. Holes for fastening available.
Provenance
1942 Ferdinand Knapp Antiquitäten, Berlin to GNM
Published since
Contact
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Nürnberg
Kornmarkt 1
90402 Nürnberg
Germany
Postfach 11 95 80
90105 Nürnberg
Germany
Phone
(0911) 13310
Fax
(0911) 1331200
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