The Cupid Seller
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the-cupid-seller-161-7390032
title:
The Cupid Seller
text:
The Cupid Seller or The Accessories Seller is a 1763 oil on canvas painting by the French artist Joseph-Marie Vien. One of the earliest works of French neo-classicism, it is based on an ancient fresco of the same name from Stabiae and shows a woman selling tiny cupids. The work was acquired around 1778 by Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé, 8th Duke of Brissac, governor of Paris, who gave it to his mistress Marie-Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry in 1788. She was an important patron of Vien and kept t
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1763 painting by Joseph-Marie Vien
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cupid_Seller
date created:
2024-06-01T18:24:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:29:53Z
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