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Fair-skinned young woman (Venus) rides in a floral covered chariot with a cherub and two doves near the front.　

Venus sits back in the delicate chariot facing toward left while looking into a small gold mirror. She’s partially nude with a gold decorative belt around her waist and white drapery painted with small gold stars covering her lap. Some of her hair is up in a small bun, the rest flows down across her left shoulder. The figures are white from the porcelain with delicate hand painted facial features. The cherub holds loosely to a pink ribbon leading to the two doves in front. The flowing flowers are painted in pastel colors, the wheels are trimmed in gold paint.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.330
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Designed by Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach 1706-1775 Meissen)
Title
Venus and Cupid in a Chariot
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Venus, Cupid and Doves, Chariot
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, figure
Date
late 19th-early 20th century (copy of an 18th-century original)
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231333

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
17.5 x 14 x 16.5 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom, graphite, handwritten: Bing / [Gl?]
  • inscription: bottom, black ink, handwritten: 54
  • inscription: bottom, impressed: ZZ
  • inscription: bottom, incised: 60
  • inscription: bottom, impressed: 73
  • manufacturer's mark: bottom, blue underglaze: [design of crossed swords]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.330
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheels are on an axle and can be turned.

Exhibition History

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