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Anonymous, after the Antique
Centaur and Cupid eighteenth century
Bronze | 58.1 x 43.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 44190
Green Drawing Room, Windsor Castle
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This bronze group of the infant Cupid astride a Centaur is a reducted version of a Greek marble sculpture of the third or second century BC (now in Musée du Louvre, Paris) which was rediscovered circa 1600 and placed in Villa Borghese, Rome. The group symbolises the torments of love. Cupid, who is wingless in this version, is represented pulling the hair of the centaur.
Provenance
Purchased by Lord Yarmouth in Paris in 1818 for the Prince Regent. Received in London on 9th January 1828 and sent to Carlton House where it was displayed in the Circular Room in the Principal Floor. Sent to Windsor Castle on 2nd December 1828. Recorded in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle in 1915.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Bronze
Measurements
58.1 x 43.8 cm (whole object)
Alternative title(s)
Centaur and Cupid
