Venus and Cupid

ca. 1855

French, Artist Jean-Jacques Pradier, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Venus and Cupid

Artwork Date ca. 1855

Makers (Artist) French Jean-Jacques Pradier (Artist) French, 1790-1852

Medium Stereoscopic daguerreotype

Dimensions Image (exposed ovals): 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 inches (7 × 5.7 cm) Mount (card): 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.3 × 17.1 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Wm. B. Becker

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F1985.215

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Signed Signed, on printed label, in faded ink: [FOZ or FB]

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Marks Printed, on label, attached to mount, Toutes les Épreuves non revêtues de ma Signature seront | considérées comme Contrefaçon, attendu que j'ai seul le Droit | de reproduire tous les modeles des oeuvres de PRADIER dont | M.S. MARCHI est l'Éditeur Propriétaire.

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1972, (Daguerreian Era, Paulet, Vermont, USA). William B. Becker

1985-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

French; after Jean-Jacques Pradier, Venus and Cupid, ca. 1855, stereoscopic daguerreotype. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Wm. B. Becker, F1985.215.