Cupid and Psyche
attributed to François Duquesnoy (Brussels 1594 - Livorno 1643)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1800 - 1829
Materials
Ivory and ebony
Measurements
150 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Croft Castle, Herefordshire
NT 537653
Summary
Ivory sculpture on ebony base, Cupid and Psyche, attributed to François Duquesnoy, called Il Fiammingo (Brussels 1594 – Leghorn 1643) 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. It is a miniature version of a sculpture at Waddesdon.
Provenance
Probably acquired by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830) in Rome, Lawrence's adviser on his old master collections, Mr S. Woodburn, attributed this figure to Fiammingo, recently identified, however, by the Vanda as early 19th century; given by him to Miss Elizabeth Croft, half sister of Sir Richard Croft, and later given to Major OGS Croft by Miss Keightly;
Makers and roles
attributed to François Duquesnoy (Brussels 1594 - Livorno 1643), sculptor