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Apollo and Cupid

Maker (Flemish, 1597 - 1643)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateearly 17th Century
Mediumbronze
Dimensions25 in.
DescriptionThis statuette portrays Apollo, one of the most powerful Olympian gods in Greek mythology, teaching Cupid, the Roman god of love, to use the bow.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Status
On view
Object number17.23
Mercury and Cupid
François Duquesnoy
1629-1630
Object number: 17.22
Venus and Cupid
François Boucher
1769
Object number: 78.20.1
Venus Teaching Cupid use of Bow
Unknown, French, 16th Century
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.21
Cupid
Nicolò Roccatagliata
late 16th-early 17th Century
Object number: 10.150
Photography © 2015 Fredrik Nilsen
Josse-François-Joseph Le Riche
ca. 1775-1780
Object number: 2010.6.24
Mechanical Writing Table
Jean-François Oeben
1755-1765
Object number: 27.185
Sir Peter Warren (Naval Officer)
Louis François Roubiliac
n.d.
Object number: 67.53
Louis François Roubiliac
ca. 1739
Object number: 72.49
Hebe
Jacques-François-Joseph Saly
1900-1917
Object number: 17.27
Apollo Belvedere
Hubert Le Sueur
c.1648
Object number: 22.36
St. Sebastian
Simon François
ca. 1650
Object number: 72.62.211