• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Cupid Riding on a Lion

• Production Date

  No later than 1809 - July 19, 1811

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 4

• Inventory Number

  A388

• Catalogue Number

  A388

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Explanation

• Cupid, the messenger of love, shows his strength by riding on the king of the beasts.

Motif / Theme

• Animal > Lion
• Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
• General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology

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