- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1930.330
- People
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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
- figure, sculpture
- 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
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Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- 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
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- 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
- Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
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- Description
- Wheels are on an axle and can be turned.
- Exhibition History
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