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Cupid ("L'Amour Menaçant")

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Modeler After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet French
ca. 1761
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 547

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cupid ("L'Amour Menaçant")
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Modeler: After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, Paris 1716–1791 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1761
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste biscuit porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height (with stand): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm);
    Height (without stand): 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.230.3a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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