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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.336.64
People
Unidentified Artist
After Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish (Copenhagen 1770 - 1844 Copenhagen)
Title
The Ages of Love, after Thorwaldsen
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/95026

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
4.7 x 7.1 x 1 cm (1 7/8 x 2 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: beneath image, relief, Latin: VIRGO CUPIT MATRONA TRA[NIT?] SPONSA ARDE A [ ] / IGNOTUS PUTRO SED FUGIT ILLE [ ]EN [ ] / THORWALDSEN INV

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. A. D. Hurd, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. A. D. Hurd
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.336.64
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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