IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 13623 accession number: M.8-1952 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Copper alloy, probably bronze, statuette. The nude figure of Venus kneels on one knee with Cupid in front of her; his body rests against her right knee his head bent slightly and looking left. He should hold a bow and arrow, being taught by Venus who guides his hands. Her body is bent forward as she looks down at him. Cast in three parts. Light brown patina, highly polished - has strange gold finish. title: figure group NOTES ----- type: history note value: Collection of Dr W.L. Hildburgh, FSA; given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Firends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13623 PEOPLE ------------------- Venus Cupid TECHNIQUES ---------- copper alloy, probably bronze, cast and patinated casting (process) TECHNIQUES ---------- patinating CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1640 - 1670 creation date earliest: 1640 creation date latest: 1670 culture: 17th Century, Mid# culture: Louis XIV (1638-1715) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 17.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge title: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005) CITATIONS -------- Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the Year 1952 Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_8_1952_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 613 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_M_8_1952_281_29.jpg height: 620 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_8_1952_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 613 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_M_8_1952_281_29.jpg height: 310 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_8_1952_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 613 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_M_8_1952_282_29.jpg height: 620 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/M_8_1952_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 613 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_M_8_1952_282_29.jpg height: 310 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/469/112/large_M_8_1952_mas.jpg height: 1270 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/469/112/mid_M_8_1952_mas.jpg height: 620 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.8-1952_mas.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/469/112/preview_M_8_1952_mas.jpg height: 310 pixels width: 250 pixels