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  • Bertel Thorvaldsen 1770-1844

Cupid and Psyche

  • March 1840 - May 1840
  • Sculpture > Relief
  • Location

    • Denmark > Præstø > The Thorvaldsen Collection at Nysø Mansion > Family Room
  • Nysø40
  • Nysø40
  • Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (Nysø)

Motif / Theme

  • Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
  • Human > Goddess > Psyche
  • General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology

    • Plaster
    • Cast
  • Plaster Cast

Dimension

  • Height 75 cm
  • Width 63.3 cm
  • Sculpture
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
    • Neoclassicism
  • Thorvaldsens Museums Gipseri
  • Denmark > Copenhagen
  • No later than March 23, 1925
    • Thorvaldsen-Samlingen på Nysø
    • Preserved at Nysø since the time of Bertel Thorvaldsen and Christine Stampe
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/Nysoe40

Sources / Literature

    • Sigurd Schultz: Thorvaldsen-Samlingen paa Nysø. Inventarium, 1957, 40
    • Otto Andrup: Thorvaldsen-Samlingen paa Nysø. Vejledning efter værelser, 1958, 40
    • Stig Miss, Eva Henschen, Dyveke Helsted: Thorvaldsen Samlingen på Nysø, 1991, 40
    • Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 618.b

Related Artworks

Cupid and Psyche

A450

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