Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules

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Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules is an 18th-century marble sculpture by Edmé Bouchardon that depicts the young god Cupid fashioning his bow from Hercules’ club, celebrated for its graceful neoclassical form and playful mythological subject.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marble sculpture ⓘ
neoclassical sculpture ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artisticStyle graceful neoclassical form ⓘ
collection Department of Sculptures of the Louvre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Edmé Bouchardon ⓘ
culture French ⓘ
depicts Cupid ⓘ
Hercules’ club ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
transformation of Hercules’ club into Cupid’s bow ⓘ
young god Cupid fashioning his bow ⓘ
genre allegorical sculpture ⓘ
mythological sculpture ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
location Louvre Museum ⓘ
mainSubject Cupid ⓘ
Hercules ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor combination of elegance and humor ⓘ
playful mythological subject ⓘ
refined treatment of the nude figure ⓘ
period 18th century art ⓘ
subjectHeading Cupid in art ⓘ
Hercules in art ⓘ
title Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules ⓘ
L’Amour taillant son arc dans la massue d’Hercule ⓘ

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Edmé Bouchardon → notableWork → Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules ⓘ
Parmigianino → notableWork → Cupid Carving His Bow ⓘ
linked to: Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules
Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules → title → Cupid Carving His Bow from the Club of Hercules ⓘ