IDENTIFIERS
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id:	13623
accession number:	M.8-1952

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Copper alloy, probably bronze, statuette. The nude figure of Venus kneels on one knee with Cupid in front of her; his body rests against her right knee his head bent slightly and looking left. He should hold a bow and arrow, being taught by Venus who guides his hands. Her body is bent forward as she looks down at him. Cast in three parts. Light brown patina, highly polished - has strange gold finish.
title:	figure group

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Collection of Dr W.L. Hildburgh, FSA; given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by the Firends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13623

PEOPLE
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Venus
Cupid




TECHNIQUES
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copper alloy, probably bronze, cast and patinated
casting (process)
TECHNIQUES
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patinating

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1640 - 1670
creation date earliest:	1640
creation date latest:	1670
culture:	17th Century, Mid#
culture:	Louis XIV (1638-1715)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 17.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
title:	Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (2005)
CITATIONS
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Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the Year 1952
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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