About This Artwork

Wedgwood Manufactory
English, founded 1758

Venus and Cupid, 1775/1800

Bronze, marble, stoneware
Diameter: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Mark: Wedgwood, impression on reverse of medallion.
The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood, 1912.1040

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Exhibition:
Edinburgh, Museum of Science and Arts, A Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, etc. in Coloured Jasper and Basalt, Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, F.R.S., at Etruria in the County of Stratford 1760-1795, the Property of Arthur Sanderson, Esq., 1901. (No. 211 reproduced with 1912.1013.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Small Bronzes from Chicago Collections, July 22-September 17, 1972. (no catalogue).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976, p. 114, no. 137.

Publication History

1907 Sanderson Collection Cat. (Edinburgh 1907), #211 (pair) p. 63; plate XXVI
1907 Duveen Cat. (1907?) # 174, ill. pair
1976 Exhibition: 18th Century French Art in Collecion of Art Institute, no. 136, p. 114.