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Venus and Cupid

possibly Paul Hubner
model ca. 1590–1600 (possibly cast 17th century)
Not on view
This plaquette depicts Venus and Cupid in a landscape, set in an oval, stylized wreath. While Paul Hübner has been identified as the possible author of this piece, it has also been attributed to an anonymous South German artist, possibly from Augsburg and dating from the late sixteenth century. Other versions are in Florence (Museo Stefano Bardini), Lyon (Musée des Beaux-Arts), Munich (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum), and Paris (Musée du Louvre). This object is an early, possibly seventeenth-century, aftercast.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Venus and Cupid
  • Artist: possibly Paul Hubner (active after 1582–1614) , Augsburg
  • Date: model ca. 1590–1600 (possibly cast 17th century)
  • Culture: German, Augsburg
  • Medium: Copper alloy with a light brown patina under a dark lacquer patina; pierced at the top.
  • Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.7 cm, wt. 91.9 g.
  • Classification: Plaquettes
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1357
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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