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Boogspannende Amor
Francesco Righetti, 1781
Francesco Righetti specialized in producing copies in bronze or lead of famous sculptures from classical Antiquity. The set of lead statues he made for Welgelegen near Haarlem between 1781 and 1801 – to which this Cupid belongs – are Righetti’s only surviving life-size reproductions.
- Artwork typefigure
- Object numberBK-2006-9
- Dimensionsheight 133 cm, width 98 cm x depth 53 cm x weight 222.5 kg, width 34 cm x depth 19 cm