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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Cupid and Psyche [modern assemblage]
Alternate Title:
Eros and Psyche [modern assemblage]
Image View:
Detail, head of Eros or Cupid, modern addition in the type of the Phidian Sappho
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8567
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.901172 12.473059
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Cupid (Roman deity); Psyche (Greek deity)
Description:
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)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-CAPSY-A09
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Cupid and Psyche [modern assemblage]