Cupid and Psyche (Thorvaldsen)

Sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen

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Cupid and Psyche or Amor and Psyche is a marcke sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen, begun in 1804 and completed in 1807. It is held in the Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen. It shows Cupid and Psyche in a embrace. Cupid is naked, while Psyche is partially undressed. They both look at a cup she is holding.

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"Amor og Psyche A28 - Thorvaldsens Museum". thorvaldsensmuseum.dk. Retrieved 2016-11-22.

v t e Bertel Thorvaldsen
Sculptures	Jason with the Golden Fleece (1802–1803; 1828) Cpid and Psyche (1804-1807) Józef Poniatowski Monument, Warsaw (1817–1832) Lion Monument (1820–1821) Christus (1821) Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Warsaw (1828–1830) Bertel Thorvaldsen with the Statue of Hope (1839) Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Montreal (1966)
Museums	Thorvaldsen Museum Nysø Manor
See also	Danish Golden Age HDMS Thetis (1790) HDMS Rota (1822) [HDMS Thetis (1840) Thorvaldsen Medal 6257 Thorvaldsen

v t e Cupid and Psyche
Characters	Cupid/Eros Erotes Psyche
Opera	Psyche (1675, Locke) Psyché (1678, Lully) Les fêtes de Paphos (1751, Cassanéa de Mondonville) Amor und Psyche (1800, Abeille)
Sculpture	Marlborough gem (c. 1st century AD) Cupid and Psyche (1st or 2nd century copy) Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (1787, Canova) Cupid and Psyche (1807, Thorvaldsen)
Paintings	Feast of the Gods Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (16th century, Fiorentino) The Feast of Venus (1636, Rubens) Cupid and Psyche (1640, van Dyck) Landscape with Psyche Outside the Palace of Cupid (1664, Lorrain) Psyche Showing Her Sisters Her Gifts from Cupid (1753, Fragonard) Cupid Crowned by Psyche (1790, Greuze) Psyche Abandoned (1795, David) Cupid and Psyche (1798, Gérard) Love and Psyche (1817, David) Psyche Looking at Love (1885, Rodin) L'Amour et Psyché, enfants (1890, Bouguereau) The Bath of Psyche (1890, Leighton)
Stage	Psyché (1671 play)
Poetry	Ode to Psyche (1819) Eros and Psyche (1885)
Novels	The Golden Ass (1650) The Robber Bridegroom (1942) Till We Have Faces (1956)
Music	"Sex 'n' Money" (2006)
Story within a story	The Visitors Old Woman Telling the Tale of Psyche
Related	Metamorphoses (play) The Widow from Valencia The Green Serpent

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