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Source Description
This is after the Roman copy of a Hellenistic group of Eros and Psyche, in Rome at the Capitoline Museum. It depicts the myth of Psyche, a beautiful mortal who is sent away from her family but is rescued by Cupid, who falls in love with her and makes Psyche his wife. It is a tumoltuous love story symbolizing the difficulty of the union of the Soul (Psyche) and Love (Cupid or Eros).
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Document identity
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6819
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Statuette with Cupid and Psyche
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Source metadata
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6819
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object
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normalized
title
Statuette with Cupid and Psyche
description
This is after the Roman copy of a Hellenistic group of Eros and Psyche, in Rome at the Capitoline Museum. It depicts the myth of Psyche, a beautiful mortal who is sent away from her family but is rescued by Cupid, who falls in love with her and makes Psyche his wife. It is a tumoltuous love story symbolizing the difficulty of the union of the Soul (Psyche) and Love (Cupid or Eros).
provenance
E. F. Bonaventure, New York, 1909 (?), Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.
date
ca. 1790
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CC0
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en
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statuary groups
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] La Riche
Sèvres
med
porcelain biscuit
creator_ids
1916
6229
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none
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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