Cupid and Psyche, Musée du Louvre (Paris, France) : Detail, heads and hands with butterfly, from below
- Creator:
- Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822
- Published/Created:
- Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
ca. 1797 - Physical Description:
- 1.45 m (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 2009
1700 AD - 1799 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- The figures of Cupid and Psyche are standing, Cupid completely naked, Psyche modestly draped. She raises his left hand with her own, to place a butterfly on his palm. The butterfly symbolizes her soul, which she offers in all innocence to Cupid. The wandering of the soul was a concept of the Neo-platonic philosophy to which Canova adhered. This sculpture was commissioned by a Scottish colonel, Sir John Campbell, but remained in Rome until the occupation of the French; it was ceded to Napoleon I in 1808.
- Variant Titles:
- L'Amour et Psyché
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- Italy -- 18th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Eighteenth century
Neoclassical - Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 6A1-CA-AP-A2
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- allegory; deities; mythology (Classical) visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10079150
- PID:
- digcoll:1858234