Cupid Blowing a Horn
sculptorFollower of
François Duquesnoy
(active Brussels, 1594 - 1643, Livorno)
Date17th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumBronze
Dimensions46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.) length
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS26e6
eMuseum ID718138
EmbARK ObjectID13257
TMS Source ID2244
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesWilhelm 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)
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)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
