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Cupids Grinding, from an Elements Group
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This rustic cupid group is one of a pair that represents the Elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth. It is made of unglazed porcelain known as biscuit, which was a popular ware of the neoclassical age. This group was modeled possibly by Pierre Stephan or by Nicholas Gauron after a similar group made in Tournai.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Eleanore and Parton Althouse, Pennsylvania; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, July 14, 1948, by purchase.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, London (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 in. (22.86 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund and Eleanore and Parton Althouse, 1948
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.
48.2010