• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

• Authenticity

  Posthumously done

Cupid on the Earth

• Whole work's title

  Cupid's Reign over the Four Elements

• Production Date

  No earlier than January 1, 1828

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 16

• Inventory Number

  A378

• Catalogue Number

  A378

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Explanation

• Cupid is showing his power over the earth by means of a firm hold on a large lion’s mane with one hand and with Hercules’s club in the other.

Motif / Theme

• Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
• General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology
• Nature > Earth

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