Sculpture

L'Amour Captif de la Jeunesse

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1850-1900
Accession number: 27.2
Maker: Unknown(Opens in new tab) (Unknown)
After: after Simon-Louis Boizot(Opens in new tab) (French, 1743–1809)
Dimensions: 66 x 31 x 38 in. (167.6 x 78.7 x 96.5 cm.)
Medium: limestone on a limestone pedestal
Description: This sculptural group is a large scale copy of a porcelain sculpture created in 1799 at the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Sèvres, France. The figures and round base were integrally carved from a single block of limestone.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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