SculptureFrench18th-19th century

Venus with Putti

18th-19th century

Artists

Claude Michel, called ClodionArtist

Claude Michel, called ClodionPrevious attribution

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

24.2 x 27.6 x 4.5 cm (9 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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