About the Artwork
Venus Chastising Cupid
c. 1775/1800
Manner of Etienne Maurice Falconet
1716-1791
French
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Marble
Overall (base): 3 7/8 × 7 5/8 inches (9.8 × 19.3 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband
71.178.B
Public Domain
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Provenance
Sir Samuel Edward Scott [1873-1943], Bart., M. P. (Westbury, Northamptonshire, or Lytchet Minster, Dorset, England);(Duveen Brothers, New York, New York, USA);
1932, purchased by Anna Thomson Dodge, (Grosse Pointe, MIichigan, USA);
1971-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Winokur, Ronald L. "The Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Collection." Bulletin of the DIA 50, no. 3 (1971): pp. 43-51.
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manner of Etienne Maurice Falconet, Venus Chastising Cupid, c. 1775/1800, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband, 71.178.B.
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