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SM SC33. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Art UK
John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor
Model, ‘Cupid’
c.1824
Plaster
Height: 32cm
Width: 20cm
Depth: 22cm
Width: 20cm
Depth: 22cm
Museum number: SC33
On display: Tivoli Recess (pre-booked tours only)
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Curatorial note
Nude, winged, figure of a boy, seated on the ground, with his chin on his right arm which rests across his knees. On a circular moulded base.
This and the pendant figure of Psyche (SC34) were executed in marble for the poet Samuel Rogers c.1824. There is a related plaster cast of “Cupid”, on a taller circular base, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession number V&A 516-1868).
The casts are recorded in the 1835 Description as being in the Tivoli Recess. In 2012 this sculpture was reinstated in its original position in the recreated Tivoli Recess as part of Phase 2 of Opening up the Soane.
This and the pendant figure of Psyche (SC34) were executed in marble for the poet Samuel Rogers c.1824. There is a related plaster cast of “Cupid”, on a taller circular base, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession number V&A 516-1868).
The casts are recorded in the 1835 Description as being in the Tivoli Recess. In 2012 this sculpture was reinstated in its original position in the recreated Tivoli Recess as part of Phase 2 of Opening up the Soane.
Literature
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
Constable, p.96
Soane, Description, 1835, p.84
Constable, p.96
Soane, Description, 1835, p.84
Associated items
SC34, pair
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