• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Cupid and a Dog

• Production Date

  No earlier than September 1831

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

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

• Inventory Number

  A396

• Catalogue Number

  A396

• Catalogue Level / Collection

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

Explanation

• Cupid is patting a dog symbolizing the significance of devotion for love.

Motif / Theme

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

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