Laurent Delvaux1696–1778Kneeling Cupid
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Yes, on view now
Where is “Kneeling Cupid” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Sculpture, Room 24, The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries, London. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
RoomSculpture, Room 24, The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries
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About the sculpture
This kneeling putti and the second corresponding one (V&A mus. no. 911-1855) are made by Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778) in ca. 1730-32. They may have been models for figures on a tomb.
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Delvaux was trained in Antwerp under Pieter-Denis Plumier, with whom he was later to work in London alongside Peter Scheemakers on the monument of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham in Westminster Abbey. Delvaux and Scheemakers went into partnership and executed monuments and some garden figures. In 1728 they lefty London for Rome where he remained until 1732, before returning to the Netherlands. While in Rome he executed a number of commissions for Italian and British patrons including John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford, who commissioned a number of works inspired by antique sculpture. He was appointed court sculptor in Brussels in 1733, and in 1734 settled in Nivelles where his workshop produced many religious works, including the monumental pulpit at St Bavo, Ghent. After 1750 he was employed by Charles of Lorraine (1712-1780), Governor of the Netherlands, to produce decorative work for his residences in Brussels, Tervuren and Mariemont.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 910-1855
What it shows
In the catalog
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- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
