Poor Cupid

Title: Poor Cupid
Description: Edmonia Lewis occasionally carved sculptures of mythical scenes, which were very popular with American tourists visiting Rome. Poor Cupid, or Love Ensnared, depicts the cherub with his hand caught in a trap as he reaches down for a rose. Frivolous sculptures like this appealed to the Victorian sentimentality of affluent Americans traveling around Europe.
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Identifier: 1984.156
Date: modeled ca. 1872, carved 1876
Creator: Lewis, Edmonia
Publisher: Smithsonian American art museum
Type: Sculpture
Source: Smithsonian Institute
Medium: Marble
Format: 27 x 13 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (68.6 x 34.9 x 31.1 cm.)
Rights: © 2018 Smithsonian