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Jakob Faurvig
Thorvaldsens Museum
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

Cupid with His Bow

  • Presumably 1819
  • Sculpture > Statue
  • Location

    • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > South Corridor
  • A36
  • A36
  • Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Motif / Theme

  • Object > Weapon > Bow
  • Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
  • General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology
  • Object > Weapon > Quiver

    • Plaster
    • Cast
  • Plaster Cast

Dimension

  • Height 100.5 cm
  • Sculpture
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
    • Neoclassicism
  • Italy > Lazio > Rome
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/A36

Sources / Literature

    • Ludvig Müller: Fortegnelse over Thorvaldsens Værker i Thorvaldsens Museum (A), 1848, 36
    • 8.10.1849 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet to Omnes
    • 8.10.1849 from Redaktørerne ved Fædrelandet to Omnes
    • Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 243.a

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Cupid with His Bow

A819

Cupid with the Bow

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