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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
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Location
- Italy > Lazio > Rome > Museo di Roma
Catalogue Number
AX338Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (AX)
Motif / Theme
- Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
- Human > Goddess > Aphrodite / Venus
- Human > Goddess > Psyche
- General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology
- Theme > Emotion > Infatuation
Version / Edition
Original Model
Dimension
- Height 26.5 cm
- Width 22 cm
Art Form / Craft
Sculpture
- European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
Skabelsessted
Italy > Lazio > Rome
- Pietro Galli
Creation Place
Italy > Lazio > RomeCreation Date
Presumably 1838 - No later than 1842
Commission Date
1837