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Cupid Cupid
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Giuseppe Maria Crespi Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Giuseppe Maria Crespi , 1665-1747, Italian painter of the Bolognese school, called Lo Spagnuolo. He is well represented in and around Bologna. His best-known works are the imposing paintings of the Seven Sacraments (1712; Dresden), but he is also noted for his spontaneous rendering of genre... Read more
Griselda Griselda
Griselda , long-suffering heroine of medieval story, whose husband subjects her to numerous trials in order to test her devotion. The story originated in a widespread W European folktale patterned in part upon the story of Cupid and Psyche. The tale of Griselda was used by Boccaccio in the ... Read more
Joseph Nollekens Joseph Nollekens
Joseph Nollekens , 1737-1823, English sculptor, b. London. He studied in Rome and in 1770 returned to London, where he became the most fashionable portrait sculptor of his day. Among his famous busts are those of George III, the younger Pitt, Charles James Fox (1792, private coll.), Laurence Sterne... Read more
Psyche Psyche
Psyche , in Greek mythology, personification of the human soul. She was so lovely that Eros (Cupid), the god of love, fell in love with her. He swept her off to a beautiful, isolated castle but forbade her to look at him since he was a god. When she disobeyed, he abandoned her, but she ceaselessly... Read more
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Thomas Banks Thomas Banks
Thomas Banks 1735-1805, English neoclassical sculptor, studied at the Royal Academy. A traveling scholarship enabled him to study in Rome from 1772 to 1779. In 1781 he went to Russia, where Catherine II bought his Cupid Catching a Butterfly and commissioned his Armed Neutrality. On his return... Read more
Gerard de Lairesse Gerard de Lairesse
Gerard de Lairesse , 1641-1711, Flemish painter of allegorical and religious subjects, b. Liège. Most of his life was spent in Holland, where he achieved great success in decorating the homes and palaces of Amsterdam with allegorical themes in a classical style. His books on the principles of... Read more
Johan Tobias Sergel Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel , 1740-1814, Swedish sculptor. He studied (1767-79) in Rome, and much of his sculpture is in the neoclassical style. His subjects, other than portraits, are drawn from classical history and mythology. Among his works are Cupid and Psyche and a monument to Gustavus III. He is... Read more
Curiosity Curiosity
147. Curiosity Anselmo so assured of wife’s fidelity, asks friend to try to corrupt her; friend is successful. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote ] Cupid and Psyche her inquisitiveness almost drives him away forever. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 27] Curious George inquisitive, mischievous monkey.... Read more

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