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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.133
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Seated Cupid Holding a Bird
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1575
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227829

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
10.2 x 5 x 6.7 cm (4 x 1 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
with base: 13.8 x 5.8 x 6.7 cm (5 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Therese Kuhn (Mrs. Herbert N.) Straus, New York, NY, Purchased in Florence, 1927, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977. Mrs. Straus's will mentions her purchase of this piece.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.133
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Exhibition of the Mrs. Herbert N. Straus Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/13/1978 - 06/17/1978

Verification Level

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