Reverse Painting of Venus and Cupid

Object Name: 
Reverse Painting of Venus and Cupid

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Object Name: 
Reverse Painting of Venus and Cupid
Place Made: 
Southern Germany
Accession Number: 
82.3.10
Dimensions: 
Glass H: 37.2 cm, W: 31.5 cm; Frame W: 37 cm, L: 43 cm, Th: 3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1700
Primary Description: 
Reverse Painting of Venus and Cupid. A large, clear glass pane with smooth, fire-polished edges. Polychrome painting and gilding on one side.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Kummer-Rothenhausler, Sibyll, Source
1982-03-18
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
painted on the reverse side, blown

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 25 (1983) illustrated, p. 259, #8; BIB# AI98084
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1982 (1983) illustrated, pp. 7, 17; BIB# AI97140