Cupid | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.305
People: Circle of Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi, Italian (1460 - 1528)
Title: Cupid
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: early 16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Mantua
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/53957

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze, on ebonized wood socle
Dimensions: 18.8 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm (7 3/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
with base: 24 x 8.4 x 7.5 cm (9 7/16 x 3 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Sotheby's, London, December 20, 1973, lot 103] sold; to [Cyril Humphris, London]. Alexis Gregory, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2003

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alexis Gregory
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: 2003.305
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Charles Avery, "Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Alexis Gregory Collection", exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1995), cat. no. 3, pp. 28-29, repr. in b/w
"Acquisition Highlights", Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report (2005), pp. 20-35, p. 24, repr. in color

Exhibition History

Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Collection of Alexis Gregory, Fogg Art Museum, 01/13/1996 - 06/22/1996

Verification Level

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2003.305: Cupid