Movement: Renaissance (Late, Mannerism)
Theme: Mythology
Technique: Oil on wood
Museum: Musée Fabre
Location: Montpellier, France
Description:
Cupid is the Roman god of love and the son of Venus. He is a small, winged boy, blindfolded, carrying bow and arrows. The arrows, once struck the heart, makes the victim fall in love. He is also portrayed as a young man with his beloved Psyche, with Venus or with a small group of winged infants (the Amoretti or Amorini). Some traditions say that he was born from a silver egg. Cupid is also known by another one of his Latin names, Amor and is equated with the Greek god Eros.
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Allori, Alessandro
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Allori, Alessandro
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Allori, Alessandro
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Strigel, Bernhard
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David, Jacques-Louis
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