Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (Amore e Psiche [amore e psike], Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour, Slovene: Amor in Psihe, Amúr i Psikhéya) is a sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Neoclassical sculpture, but shows the mythological lovers at a moment of great emotion, characteristic of the emerging movement of Romanticism. It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche with a kiss. The story of Cupid and Psyche is taken from Lucius Apuleius' Latin novel The Golden Ass, and was popular as a theme in art. Joachim Murat acquired the first or prime version (pictured) in 1800. After his death, the statue entered the Louvre Museum in Paris, France in 1824; Prince Yusupov, a Russian nobleman acquired the second version of the piece from Canova in Rome in 1796, and it later entered the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. A full-scale model for the second version is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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