Venus and the Sphinx

Auguste Préault

1868 · Tinted plaster · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Like much of the sculpture of the Romantic movement in French art, Préault's work was rejected from the Paris Salons throughout the 1830s and 1840s. Official recognition came after the Revolution of 1848. This plaster group is the working model for the commission of 1867 for the imperial palace at Fontainbleau.

Artist

Auguste Préault

Date

1868

Medium

Tinted plaster

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, 1981