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Circular Box with Venus and Cupid
1760-1780
gilt-metal, tortoiseshell, ivory, glass
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Set in the lid of this box against a blue glass background is an ivory relief representing Venus and Cupid hovering in clouds over a landscape.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Dieppe (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (2.8 x 8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.118