Venus and Cupid at Vulcan's Forge
Unknown Southern German, German
about 1573
Bronze with traces of gilding
Overall: 6 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3/16 in. (16.9 × 17 × 0.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.55
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
none
Exhibition History
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 17-July 18, 2001.
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 201.
Provenance
Cyril Humphris, London, March 1991; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, March 1991; lent to present collection, 1993; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Wixom, No. 220; Weber, No. 475
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