Cupid and Psyche
Antonio Canova
1794
Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 53 × 59 1/2 × 32 in. (134.6 × 151.1 × 81.3 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian, Rome
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Isidor Straus, 1905
Accession Number
05.46
Tags
CupidMale NudesPsyche
About the Artist
Antonio Canova · 1757–1822
Antonio Canova, born on November 1, 1757, in the small town of Possagno in the Republic of Venice, was immersed in sculpture from childhood. His father, Pietro Canova, a stonecutter, died when Antonio was just four, prompting his mother, Angela Zardo Fantolin, to remarry and place him under the care of his paternal grandfather, Pasino Canova. A skilled stonemason and sculptor of late Baroque altar...