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Statuette with Cupid and Psyche
This is after the Roman copy of a Hellenistic group of Eros and Psyche, in Rome at the Capitoline Museum. It depicts the myth of Psyche, a beautiful mortal who is sent away from her family but is rescued by Cupid, who falls in love with her and makes Psyche his wife. It is a tumoltuous love story symbolizing the difficulty of the union of the Soul (Psyche) and Love (Cupid or Eros).
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
E. F. Bonaventure, New York, 1909 (?), Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.981