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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1910.12.2.23
People
Giovanni Beltrami, Italian (Cremona, Italy 1770 - 1854 Cremona, Italy?)
After Andrea Appiani, Italian (Milan, Italy 1754 - 1817 Milan, Italy)
Title
Venus Caressing Cupid, after Appiani
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
1820 - 1835
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/99379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
4.8 x 3.3 x 1 cm (1 7/8 x 1 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: BELTRAMI INC 1820
  • inscription: upper edge, relief, in artist's hand: SOMMARIVA POSSIEDE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. George E. Ellis, Boston, MA, To the Massachusetts Historical Society. Ellis was the president of the Mass. Historical Society from 1885-1894.
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, From Dr. George E. Ellis, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1910.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Accession Year
1910
Object Number
1910.12.2.23
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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