Bust of Cupid Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1819

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 16 in. (40.7 cm)
Credit Line: Maitland F. Griggs, B.A. 1896, Fund and Robert Lehman Foundation Acquisition Fund for Early European and Modern and Contemporary Art
Accession Number: 2019.117.1
Geography: Made in Denmark
Culture: Danish
Period: 19th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

[King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786-1868), probably]
[by descent to Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828-1875), probably]
[by descent to Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862-1933), probably]
[by descent to] Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1902-1990), until 1990
Private Collection, Munich
Private Collection, New York

Bibliography

"Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–21), 166–67, ill.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

busts (sculpture), human figures (visual works), portraits

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