Sculpture "Amor and Psyche" (1793) by Antonio Canova, reduction in art marble

Sculpture "Amor and Psyche" (1793), reduction in art marble

Amor leans tenderly over psyche and shone with his wings the death -like sleep, in which psyche had fallen due to a cunning of the jealous Aphrodite. Blessed, his lover gives his mouth to the kiss.

The great love between God and the beautiful king's daughter even stirred the Olympic gods: Zeus gave Psyche immortality, so that both could become a symbol of eternal love that should last for all storms of time.
Original: sculpture made of marble, 155 x 168 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Reduction. Format 37 x 20 x 39 cm. Edition as a museum replica, cast by hand in white, polymer-bound art marble.

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About Antonio Canova (1757-1822): Antonio Canova, born in Possagno in Possagno near Bassano, was considered the largest sculptor genius since Michelangelo. He worked in his own sculpture workshop for the Italian aristocracy at the tender age of 15. The success remained true to him for his life until he died in Venice in 1822. Canova became the leading main representative of Italian classicism admired throughout Europe. The Getty Museum in Malibu, California, offered around 10 million euros for Canova's "three graces". But it was thanks to the stubborn intervention of the British government and ultimately the generosity of the art collectors and patrons J. Paul Getty and Baron Hans von Thyssen-Bornemisza that this unique gem of European sculpture was preserved to the kingdom.

Style (s): classicism

Used techniques: casting technology

Materials used: plastic

Edition / edition: replica

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