Venus and the Sphinx
Object type: Group
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Auguste Préault
Artist bio: French, Paris 1809–1879 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1868
Medium: Tinted plaster
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 42 1/2 × 45 × 23 3/4 in. (108 × 114.3 × 60.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, 1981
Accession year: 1981
Tags: Sphinx|Venus