Cupid

Cupid, Antoine-Denis Chaudet,1763-1810

Paris,1802-1807
H 0.805 m, W 0.44 m; D 0.84 m

Antoine-Denis Chaudet , 1763-1810, is probably best known for his statue of Cupid, now in the Louvre.

Chaudet exhibited a plaster model of his Cupid at the Paris Salon of 1802. The sculptor died in 1810, and it was not until 1817 that the life-size marble statue was completed from the original model by Pierre Cartellier. The butterfly may represent the human soul tormented by love. Alternatively it may represent Cupid’s mortal lover Psyche who had to face many trials before winning his hand and being accepted by the gods (‘psyche’ is Greek for both ‘butterfly’ and ‘soul’.)

Musee Du Louvre, Paris

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