Cupid ("L'Amour Menaçant")
Object type: Figure
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Sèvres
Artist: Sèvres Manufactory|Etienne-Maurice Falconet
Artist bio: French, 1740–present|French, Paris 1716–1791 Paris
Artist role: Manufactory|Modeler
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: ca. 1761
Medium: Soft-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions: Height (with stand): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm);
Height (without stand): 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1970
Accession year: 1970
Tags: Cupid