Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Cupid and Psyche [modern assemblage]
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Cupid and Psyche [modern assemblage]
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Alternate Title:
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Eros and Psyche [modern assemblage]
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Image View:
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Detail, head of Psyche, modern addition in the Apollinian type
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8567
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
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GPS:
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+41.901172+12.473059
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Classical; Greco-Roman
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); Cupid (Roman deity); Psyche (Greek deity)
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Description:
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Roman copy after Greek sculpture. No dates given. The Eros or Cupid figure has an antique torso and thighs; the head (type of the Phidian Sappho), arms and legs are modern additions. The Psyche figure has an antique male torso with modern added breasts; the head (Apollinian type), arms and lower body are modern additions. Medium-grained marble (antique parts) and Carrara marble (modern restorations). Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century CE by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PAL-CAPSY-A06
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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