• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Venus Orders Cupid to Make Psyche Fall in Love with the Worst of Men

• Whole work's title

  Cupid and Psyche According to Apuleius

• Production Date

  Presumably 1838 - No later than 1842

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Upper Floor > West Corridor

• Inventory Number

  A433

• Catalogue Number

  A433

• Catalogue Level / Collection

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

Motif / Theme

• Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
• Human > Goddess > Aphrodite / Venus
• Human > Goddess > Psyche
• General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology
• Theme > Emotion > Infatuation

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