Cupid and Goose
Cupid and Goose
Cupid and Goose
Cupid and Goose
Cupid and Goose
Cupid and Goose
Cupid and Goose

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A figure of a nude, winged boy (Cupid), carrying a goose under his left arm. The source for this sculpture is a two-foot high bronze fountain figure found in the House of the Small Fountain in Pompeii and now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

Clifton Park Museum

Rotherham

Title

Cupid and Goose

Date

1888–1898

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 61 x W 27 x D 36 cm

Accession number

ROTMG:S.1989.71

Acquisition method

purchased in Naples, 1898

Work type

Sculpture

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Clifton Park Museum

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