Object details
Accession number
S26e6
Primary Creator
François Duquesnoy
(active Brussels, 1594 - 1643, Livorno)
Full title
Cupid Blowing a Horn
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
Dimensions
46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.) length
Display Media
Bronze
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Titian Room
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)
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