Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 83.30
Date:
Ca. 1840
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "American Figurative Sculpture," 1986.
Summary:
Classically dressed, full-length female figure seated with a basket on her lap that holds five cupid figures. A shepherd's staff is behind her. One of the cupid figures is petting the nose of a dog seated at Venus' feet and a sixth cupid figure is flying away from Venus' outstretched right arm.
