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Boy as Cupid

ca. 1802–4
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552
Chinard, who often invested his portraits with mythological overtones, here alludes to the myth of Cupid and Psyche; the boy's bow and arrow associate him with Cupid, and at the base his arrow pierces a butterfly, the attribute of Psyche.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Boy as Cupid
  • Artist: Joseph Chinard (French, Lyon 1756–1813 Lyon)
  • Date: ca. 1802–4
  • Culture: French, Lyons
  • Medium: Plaster, painted to resemble terracotta
  • Dimensions: Height: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Mary S. Shattuck and Gift of Rev. A.D. Pell, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.242
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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