Cupid and Psyche
Statuette
ca. 1820 - ca. 1825 (made)
ca. 1820 - ca. 1825 (made)
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This ivory group is attraibuted to Giacomo Marchino di Campertogno (1785-1841) and made in ca. 1820-5. It is based on the classical marble group of Cupid and Psyche in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. The style of the work strongly suggests Marchino, who trained, like his brother Giuseppe Marchino, under the ivory sculptor Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), who left him his studio in Turin. He specialised in small-scale reductions in ivory of antique sculptures, which were apparently popular amongst travellers passing through Turin.
Object details
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| Title | Cupid and Psyche (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ivory |
| Brief description | Group, ivory, Cupid and Psyche, attributed to Marchino di Campertogno, Italian (probably Rome or Turin), ca. 1820-1825 |
| Physical description | Cupid is shown naked, embracing the half-draped Psyche. On an integral rectangular socle. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Helen Huggett |
| Object history | Formerly Delves Broughton family. Donor to the museum Mrs Helen Huggett, London, in 1984, along with museum numbers A.12 and A.13-1984. According to the donor the three ivories were acquired by her ancestor, Charles Delves-Broughton (b. 1779) on the Grand Tour in about 1823, and were then given to his sister Elizabeth. Thereafter they were handed down from mother to daughter over five generations (handwritten note from the donor; Museum records). |
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| Summary | This ivory group is attraibuted to Giacomo Marchino di Campertogno (1785-1841) and made in ca. 1820-5. It is based on the classical marble group of Cupid and Psyche in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. The style of the work strongly suggests Marchino, who trained, like his brother Giuseppe Marchino, under the ivory sculptor Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820), who left him his studio in Turin. He specialised in small-scale reductions in ivory of antique sculptures, which were apparently popular amongst travellers passing through Turin. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.14-1984 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2004 |
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