Venus and Cupid: Overall view from front
- Creator:
- Algardi, Alessandro, 1598-1654
- Published/Created:
- ca. 1630 (restoration); ca. 20-199
- Physical Description:
- 1.74 m (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 2009
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- This 1.74-meter marble statue of Vénus et Cupidon (Venus and Cupid) dates to the first or second century AD. Acquired from Rome in 1630, it once stood in a niche entry of the side yard of château de Richelieu. Only the main body is antique, and the rest (the head and all of Cupid) is the result of restorations performed in the early 17th century, believed to be by d'Alessandro L'Algard (Alessandro Algardi). Formerly part of the Collection Richelieu. The restorer also added the bow in Venus' hand.
- Variant Titles:
- Vénus et Cupidon
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Neoclassical
Seventeenth century - Culture:
- Roman
- Accession Number:
- 7A3-R-LM-VC-A1
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- deities; human figure; mythology (Classical); Restoration and conservation visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Paris, France: Musée du Louvre
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10079536
- PID:
- digcoll:1834456