Harvard Art Museums > 1940.50.A-B: Cupid Disguised as a Shepherd Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cupid Disguised as a Shepherd (John Gibson) , 1940.50.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230259. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1940.50.A-B People John Gibson, British (Conwy, Wales 1790 - 1866 Rome, Italy) Title Cupid Disguised as a Shepherd Other Titles Alternate Title: Cupid / Cupid Disguised as a Shepherd Boy Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date c. 1840 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230259 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions 131.5 x 40.7 x 41 cm (51 3/4 x 16 x 16 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Gibson, created 1840-1850, sold; ? to Henry Farnum (Philadelphia, PA), bequeathed; to Mrs. Mary Ellis Farnum, New York, NY, bequeathed; to Caroline Farnum (Bell), bequeathed; to Edith Bell, bequeathed; to anonymous owner, Boston, MA, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940. Footnotes: see correspondence from artist in curatorial file. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift Accession Year 1940 Object Number 1940.50.A-B Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History John M. Hunisak, Castings, Casts and Replicas: Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from Europe and America in New England Collections, exh. cat., Middlebury College Museum of Art (Middlebury, VT, 1994), no. 17, p. 80, repr. Roberto C. Ferrari, John Gibson, designer: sculpture and reproductive media in the nineteenth century, Journal of Art Historiography ([e-journal], November 2015), pp. 4-18 Exhibition History Carvings, Casts, & Replicas: nineteenth-century sculpture from Europe & America in New England collections, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, 09/22/1994 - 12/11/1994; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 01/26/1995 - 04/23/1995 Sublimations: Art and Sensuality in the 19th Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/13/1996 - 07/21/2002 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
