• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Cupid Conjures Flowers out of the Stony Ground

• Production Date

  No earlier than July 1831 - No later than September 1831

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 8

• Inventory Number

  A403

• Catalogue Number

  A403

• Catalogue Level / Collection

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

Explanation

• Hovering above the ground, Cupid makes flowers appear wherever he touches it with his arrow.

Motif / Theme

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

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