Object details

Object number

S26e6

Creator(s)

Follower of François Duquesnoy (active Brussels, 1594 - 1643, Livorno)

Title

Cupid Blowing a Horn

Date

17th century

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.) length

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.

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

Wilhelm von Bode et al. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen, II: Die italienischen Bronzen (Berlin, 1904), p. 24, no. 413, pl. 28. (as one of three identical sculptures by François Duquesnoy)
E.F. Bange. Die Bildwerke in Bronze in Thodor Demmler (ed.). Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museum (Berlin, 1923), p. 37, no. M. 35. (as one of three identical sculptures by François Duquesnoy)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 221. (as Italian, 16th or 17th century)
Ader Picard Tajan, Comm. Priseurs Associes. Objets d'Art et de Bel Ameublement... (Paris, 7 April 1976), lot 23. (as related to the lot for sale, by François Duquesnoy or his workshop)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), pp. 153-54, no. 190. (as by a follower of François Duquesnoy)

Gallery

Titian Room

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