1930.330: Venus and Cupid in a Chariot
SculptureVenus 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
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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
- 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
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
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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
- 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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Wheels are on an axle and can be turned.
Exhibition History
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Verification Level
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