Sunday, August 31, 2025

Cupid and Psyche by Filippo della Valle

I saw this beautiful neoclassical sculpture at the Wallace collection.

That famous love & tragic story of ancient mythology.

Cupid (the God of love) unwittingly falls in love with Psyche  (Greek: “soul”) who is a mortal princess with a beauty that rivals the goddess Venus herself. 

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A v. famous subject of art - e.g. this is by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Canova at the Louvre:

Psyche and Cupid by Antonio Canova

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