Cupid and Psyche Embracing
French School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
White marble
Measurements
1150 mm (H); 340 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271318
Summary
White mable on a circular pedestal base carved with rams' masks suspending swags of fruit on faux marble square plinth with beading, Cupid and Psyche Embracing, French School, late 18th century. Base form derived from Roman altar, Psyche is partly draped. After the antique sculpture group of Cupid and Psyche, Roman 2nd century AD based on a Greek original which was given by Pope Bendict XIV, having been discovered in the estate of the Canonico Panicale on the Aventine Hill, to the Capitoline Museum, Rome in 1749, although it was in France between 1797 and 1815.
Makers and roles
French School, sculptor