Magnet Falconet - The Menacing Cupid

IS200074
Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791)
Threatening Love
Commissioned by Madame de Pompadour for the Hôtel d'Evreux in Paris around 1757.
Marble - H. : 0,48 m. ; L. : 0,34 m. ; Pr. : 0,22 m.
Sold by Réunion des Musées Nationaux

Characteristics

Dimensions
5,4 x 7,9 cm
Artist
Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791)
Art movements
18th century, Rococo
Maintenance
Store in a dry place
Themes
Religions, Sculpture
Reference
IS200074
EAN
3336728227830
Matière de l'article
Metal alloys
Package Dimensions
0.5cm x 0.8cm
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée du Louvre

The work and its artist

Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791)

An artist considered one of the masters of the Baroque school, Falconet is also, in some respects, a neoclassical sculptor.