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Eros
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Eros was the Greek god of love and in works of art is usually represented as a beautiful boy, close to adolescence. This statuette is an example of the French-inspired Rococo tradition as it developed in Belgium. Godecharle, who created sculptures for the park of Wespelaer, near Louvain, seems to have produced a number of figures leaning upon columns. The inspiration probably came from statues such as the Uffizi "Mercury" leaning on a tree-trunk.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Berwind [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, New York, 1939, no. 432; Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Company, Inc. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by purchase.
Geographies
Belgium, Brussels (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1943
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.
27.508