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Cupid Sets Stone on Fire, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron

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Cupid Sets Stone on Fire

Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg

Second quarter of the 19th century

Titles Cupid Sets Stone on Fire (Descriptive)
Artist Ilsenburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany / Modeled after a relief (1831) by, Bertel Thorwaldsen, Danish, 1770 - 1844
Medium cast iron
Dimensions 3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in., 147.1g (9.8 x 7.1 cm, 0.1 kg)
Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.446.7
Work Type plaque
Classification Plaques

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