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Jean-Baptiste Mallet
Venus and a Sleeping Cupidcirca 1810

Not on view
Oil painting, a nude winged woman stands over a sleeping figure on the ground, with two white swans and a golden chariot visible in the upper left sky
Artist or Maker
Jean-Baptiste Mallet
France, 1759-1835
Title
Venus and a Sleeping Cupid
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1810
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 17 1/2 × 14 in. (44.45 × 35.56 cm) Frame: 25 1/4 × 22 × 3 1/2 in. (64.14 × 55.88 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Austin E. Joscelyn
Accession Number
55.27
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.