Mantel clock with Venus and Cupid

Clockmaker: Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau

ca. 1782–91

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 547

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Title: Mantel clock with Venus and Cupid
Maker: Clockmaker: Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau (1749, master 1782, died 1791)
Date: ca. 1782–91
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Case: gilt bronze, Carrara marble; Dial: white enamel
Dimensions: 16 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (42.5 × 37.5 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
Object Number: 24.80.559
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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