• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Cupid Captured by the Graces

• Production Date

  No earlier than 1831

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 3

• Inventory Number

  A375

• Catalogue Number

  A375

• Catalogue Level / Collection

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

Explanation

• The Graces have gently and amicably bound Cupid to a tree with a chain of roses and taken his arrows from him – an image of the power of female beauty over love.

Motif / Theme

• Human > God > Erotes > Eros / Cupid
• Human > Goddess > Grace > Aglaia / Aglaea
• Human > Goddess > Grace > Euphrosyne
• Human > Goddess > Grace > Thalia
• General Subject > Greek and Roman mythology

Additional Catalogue Information