Venus and Cupid
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
On public display.
- Checked
- 9 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
Lost-wax casting was an expensive and highly skilled process. It usually required collaboration between a sculptor and a foundry. Despite the careful finishing of the work, the bronze often retains traces of the casting process. The underside of this statuette reveals many features of the casting process. You can see the end of a sawn-off sprue, as well as ‘flashes’ of bronze which have seeped through the mould when the molten metal was poured in.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- A.86-1910
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 9 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
