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Derby Group of 'Two Virgins Awaking Cupid', 1780-1785. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery and ...
Group of 'Two Virgins Awaking Cupid'
Derby Group of 'Two Virgins Awaking Cupid', 1780-1785. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery and ...
Derby Group of 'Two Virgins Awaking Cupid', 1780-1785. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker, 2008.DA.2.85

Group of 'Two Virgins Awaking Cupid'

Manufacturer (English, ca. 1748 onward)
Date1780-1785
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsHeight: 11 15/16 in. (30.3 cm)
ClassificationsPORCELAIN
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker
Object number2008.DA.2.85
DescriptionThe model was created after an engraving by William Wynne Ryland (1732-1783), published in 1776, after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807).

Two maidens wearing colorful costumes heightened in gilding stands over the sleeping Cupid before a tree support.
Status
Not on view
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