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Boy as Cupid

Joseph Chinard

ca. 1802–4

Medium

Plaster, painted to resemble terracotta

Tags

Bow and ArrowBoysCupidButterflies

Dimensions

Height: 18 in. (45.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Bequest of Mary S. Shattuck and Gift of Rev. A.D. Pell, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1976

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Lyons

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph Chinard

1756–1813 • France

A French 18th century neoclassical sculptor, known mainly for his portraits. Comment on works: sculptor

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