Jakob Faurvig Thorvaldsens Museum Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844 AuthenticityPosthumously done Cupid and Psyche Whole work's titleCupid and Psyche According to Apuleius Production Date1861 Type of Work / ObjectSculpture > Statue Location Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 2 Inventory NumberA27 Catalogue NumberA27 Catalogue Level / CollectionThorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A) Motif / Theme Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid Human > Goddess > Psyche General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology Object > Container > Bowl Additional Catalogue Information MaterialStone > Marble TechniqueCarved Version / EditionMarble Version Dimension Height 135 cm Art Form / CraftSculpture Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914) Art Movement / Style Neoclassicism Assistant Georg Christian Freund Creation PlaceDenmark > Copenhagen Creation Date1861 Owner Thorvaldsens Museum Acquisition ModeCommissioned by Thorvaldsens Museum Acquisition DateNo earlier than 1861 Permalinkhttps://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A27 Exhibition History Canova | Thorvaldsen. La nascita della scultura moderna, Gallerie d’Italia, October 24, 2019 - June 28, 2020 Sources / Literature Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 27 Februar 1804 from Bertel Thorvaldsen to Irina Vorontsova 5.3.1804 from Irina Vorontsova to Bertel Thorvaldsen 8.3.1844 from H.C. Andersen to Bertel Thorvaldsen
