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    Museum collections / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Venus and the Sphinx
    Auguste Préault. Venus and the Sphinx, 1868. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00016782

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    Venus and the Sphinx

    by Auguste Préault

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Auguste Préault (French, Paris 1809–1879 Paris)
    Date
    1868
    Medium
    Tinted plaster
    Dimensions
    Overall (confirmed): 42 1/2 × 45 × 23 3/4 in. (108 × 114.3 × 60.3 cm)
    Type
    Sculpture
    Classification
    Sculpture
    Department
    European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
    Credit line
    Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, 1981
    Accession no.
    1981.319.1

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