Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Italian: Amore e Psiche, French: Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour
First version, in the Louvre, Paris, France
Artist	Antonio Canova
Year	First version 1787–1793
Type	Marble
Dimensions	155 cm × 168 cm (61 in × 66 in)
Location	Louvre, Paris; Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (Italian: Amore e Psiche [aˈmoːre e ˈpsiːke]; French: Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour; Russian: Амур и Психея, romanized: Amúr i Psikhéja) is a sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell.^[1] It is regarded as a masterpiece of Neoclassical sculpture, but shows the mythological lovers at a moment of great emotion, characteristic of the emerging movement of Romanticism. It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche with a kiss. The story of Cupid and Psyche is taken from Lucius Apuleius' Latin novel The Golden Ass,^[2] and was popular in art.

Joachim Murat acquired the first or prime version (pictured) in 1800. After his death the statue entered^[3] the Louvre Museum in Paris, France in 1824;^[4] Prince Yusupov, a Russian nobleman acquired the 2nd version of the piece from Canova in Rome in 1796, and it later entered the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.^[5] A full-scale model for the 2nd version is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[6]