Poor Cupid
Item
- Title (Dublin Core)
- Poor Cupid
- Description (Dublin Core)
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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.
(Smithsonian Collections Search Center) - Identifier (Dublin Core)
- 1984.156
- Date (Dublin Core)
- modeled ca. 1872, carved 1876
- Creator (Dublin Core)
- Lewis, Edmonia
- Publisher (Dublin Core)
- Smithsonian American art museum
- Type (Dublin Core)
- Sculpture
- Source (Dublin Core)
- Smithsonian Institute
- Medium (Dublin Core)
- Marble
- Format (Dublin Core)
- 27 x 13 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (68.6 x 34.9 x 31.1 cm.)
- Rights (Dublin Core)
- © 2018 Smithsonian
- Item sets
- Black Artists 19th century
- Media
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