Cupid Holding a Brazier
16th century
Artists
Dimensions
19.7 × 16.7 cm (7 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., Brampton, Ontario, acquired at Sotheby's, 1981, sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Sotheby's sale, June, 1981, no. ?; placed on long-term loan to Fogg Art Museum 1981-1998. Earl of Warwick, Stratford, UK, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1981. Warwick Castle. Sale, June, 1981. Sotheby's, New York, from the Earl of Warwick, 1981, sold to Seiden and de Cuevas, Inc., 1981. Sale, New York, June, 1981, no. ?; placed on long-term loan at Fogg Art Museum in 1981
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