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accession number:	1977.72
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Cupid Secretly Drawing an Arrow, 1807. Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (Belgian, 1750–1835). Terracotta; overall: 22.8 cm (9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1977.72

title:				Cupid Secretly Drawing an Arrow
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creation date:			1807
creation date earliest:		1807
creation date latest:		1807
current location:		301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Belgium, Brussels, 19th century
technique:	terracotta
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (Belgian, 1750–1835)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 22.8 cm (9 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed on the edge of the base at right:  "Godecharle" and "1807."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
	opening date:   1988-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

	title:		L'Espirit Créateur de Pigalle à Canova: Terres cuites européennes 1740 à 1840
	opening date:   2003-09-15T00:00:00
	<i>L'Espirit Créateur de Pigalle à Canova: Terres cuites européennes 1740 à 1840</i>. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (September 15, 2003-January 5, 2004); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (January 30-April 23, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Joseph Henry Fitzhenry [1836-1913], London
	date: -1913
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->Galerie Georges Petit (Paris). <em>Catalogue des sculptures en marbre, terre cuite, plâtre des XVIIe, XVIIIe &amp; XIXe siècles par ... composant la Collection de M. Marius Paulme</em> ... May 15, 1929.</div>
			
			
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	(Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Fitzhenry sale, Feb. 18-21, 1914, no. 499, sold to Lemay)
	date: 1914
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	Lemay
	date: 1914–
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			* <div><!--block-->An annotated copy of the Fitzhenry sale catalogue notes that the Godecharle was sold to "Lemay." &nbsp;</div>
			
			
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	Marius Paulme [1863-1928], Paris
	date: Until 1929
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	(Paulme sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 15, 1929, no. 320, possibly sold to Comte de Rivaud)
	date: 1929
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	Possibly Comte de Rivaud
	date: 1929-
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			* <div><!--block-->Handwritten next to the Godecharle in a copy of the 1929 Paulme sale catalogue is the annotation, "Comte de Rivaud[?]".&nbsp; It is somewhat unusual for a buyer annotation to include a question mark, and the reasons for the uncertainty are unknown.&nbsp; Comte de Rivaud may be René Rivaud de la Raffinière (b. 1887) or Olivier Rivaud de la Raffinière (1875-1938), both members of a prominent banking family.&nbsp;</div>
			
			
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	(Sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, Dec. 6, 1972, no. 49
	date: 1972
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	(Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler, Munich, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: Until 1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hôtel Drouot. <em>Catalogue des objets d'art ... faiences, porcelaines ... tableaux, livres ... meubles ... dont la vente après décès de M. Fitzhenry</em>. Feb. 18-21, 1914.
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	Galerie Georges Petit (Paris). <em>Catalogue des sculptures en marbre, terre cuite, plâtre des XVIIe, XVIIIe &amp; XIXe siècles par ... composant la Collection de M. Marius Paulme</em> ... May 15, 1929.
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	Musée Galliéra. <em>Objets d'art et de bel ameublement</em>. Dec. 6, 1972.
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	Kunsthandlung Julius Böhler, invoice, July 25, 1977, in CMA curatorial file.
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	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1977." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 1 (1978): 2-42.
	page number: 	p. 38, cat. no. 9, repr. p. 17
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159560

	Draper, James David, and Guilhem Scherf. L'esprit créateur: de Pigalle à Canova : terres cuites européennes, 1740-1840. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2003.
	page number: 	cat. no. 87, p.208-209
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	Draper, James David, and Guilhem Scherf. <em>Playing with Fire: European Terracotta Models, 1740-1840</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004.
	page number: 	cat. no. 87, p. 194-195
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