Cupid and Psyche
Antonio Canova · 1794
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Antonio Canova's "Cupid and Psyche" is a plaster sculpture created in 1794. It measures 53 × 59 1/2 × 32 inches (134.6 × 151.1 × 81.3 cm) and is classified under Sculpture within the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the artwork in 1905 as a gift from Isidor Straus. Information regarding the artwork's culture, provenance, exhibitions, and literature is not provided in the supplied catalogue record.
Antonio Canova (1757–1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works related to Canova, including "Reclining Naiad" (1819–24) and "Perseus with the Head of Medusa" (1804–6).
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