# Cupid Seated by the Sea and Assembling the Doves of the Chariot of Venus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VASSÉ, Louis-Claude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vass-louis-claude-r2739613868b1a6>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Marble, height 61 cm

## Commentary

This marble group, commissioned by the collector Ange Laurent La Live de Jully, was exhibited at the Salon of 1757. It entered two collections in residences near Paris: that of Louis XV&#39;s mistress Madame Du Barry at Louveciennes, then that of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon I&#39;s first wife, at Malmaison.

## Related artworks

- [A Sleeping Shepherd](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vass-louis-claude-r2739613868b1a6/a-sleeping-shepherd-r29ee88c75a3298>)
- [Comedy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vass-louis-claude-r2739613868b1a6/comedy-r9d1cde8f34df80>)

## Attribution

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