
Cupid Playing with a Butterfly - Louvre Museum Paris

by Marianna Mills
Title
Cupid Playing with a Butterfly - Louvre Museum Paris
Artist
Marianna Mills
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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"Cupid, a winged adolescent, offers a rose to a butterfly he is holding by the wings. The butterfly, a prisoner, symbolizes the soul (Psyche in Greek). The theme inspired Chaudet to create a graceful composition, whose linear harmony and delicate details are heightened by his beautiful treatment of the marble."
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January 19th, 2013
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