Object details
Object number
P18w5
Creator(s)
French
Title
Cupids at Work
Date
1700 -1750
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
128.9 x 105.4 cm (50 3/4 x 41 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1882.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 192. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 137. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750; in the manner of Boucher)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 125, ill. (as Italian or French, 1700-1750)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 156, ill. (as French)
Gallery
Little Salon
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