Venus and the Sphinx
Like much of the sculpture of the Romantic movement in French art, Préault's work was rejected from the Paris Salons throughout the 1830s and 1840s. Official recognition came after the Revolution of 1848. This plaster group is the working model for the commission of 1867 for the imperial palace at Fontainbleau.
Artwork Details
- Title: Venus and the Sphinx
- Artist: Auguste Préault (French, Paris 1809–1879 Paris)
- Date: 1868
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Tinted plaster
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 42 1/2 × 45 × 23 3/4 in. (108 × 114.3 × 60.3 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.319.1
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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