Current Location: In storage
Titles
Venus and Cupid in a Shell
The Birth of Venus
Maker(s)
Sculptor:
Keller, Heinrich
Entities
Categories
Description
Bronze, cast. The Roman goddess Venus kneels in the centre of a scallop shell, which she holds open with her outstretched arms. Her head is turned to the left, to face her son Cupid, who stands within the shell on Venus's proper left side. Cupid kisses his mother tenderly, his left hand cupping her chin, his right hand grasping the back of her neck. The shell rests upon an integrated bronze socle which depicts the heads of two dolphins emerging from the sea.
Notes
History note: Sylvia Adams; sold to Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958) on 15 August 1951, together with Prieur's 'Lion Walking with Right Paw Raised' [see M.28-1997] (£2750 for both); bequeathed to his sister, the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek; bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by the Hon Mrs Pamela Sherek, from the collection of the late Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory
Measurements and weight
Height: 24.3 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1995)
by
Sherek, Pamela
Dating
19th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1812
: Original model: c. 1812; the present bronze cast at an unknown date after 1812.
School or Style
Neoclassical
People, subjects and objects depicted
Project
Components of the work
Sculpture
Depth 18.6 cm
Height 24.1 cm
Width 25.6 cm
Materials used in production
Bronze
Techniques used in production
Casting (process)
: Figure, cast
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.37-1997
Primary reference Number: 14130
Old object number: B.38.
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_37_1997
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
