Venus and Cupid
Venus and Cupid
3D
Published 2019-09-27T13:23:52+00:00
This marble group portraying Venus and Cupid embracing in a kiss is an unusually intimate depiction of the love between mother and son. As often seen in imagery of the two gods of love, Cupid is a young winged boy, closely clinging to his mother. The moment is sculpted with delicacy and thought for composition, as the two characters are gently intertwined - a proof of the Göthe's training under Antonio Canova.
These 3D scans have been produced with an Artec Eva with the ambition to produce a digital representation as close to the original as possible. However, the presented scans are not to be regarded as duplicates as due to inaccessible areas etc deviations from the original might occur.
| Date published | 27/09/2019 |
| Title | Venus and Cupid |
| Date | Early 19th century |
| Dimension | 102 cm tall |
| Accession | NMSk 375 |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | 1866 gift from Queen Josephine |
| Record | http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=26764&viewType=detailView |
| Artist | Erik Gustaf Göthe |
| Place | Nationalmuseum |
