# Cupid

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOIZOT, Louis-Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boizot-louis-simon-r05da79c5d3b506>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

Hints from Bernini and from Bouchardon combine in Boizot&#39;s typical statuette of Cupid. Certainly it looks backward rather than into the climate of contemporary Neoclassical works. This is just a charming figurine, sexless, rather soft, posed in a way that ultimately goes back to Bernini&#39;s David. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 4 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/17\_cent/gasparini\_cupid.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Francesco Gasparini: The Meddlesome Cupid, aria&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Napoléon I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boizot-louis-simon-r05da79c5d3b506/napolon-i-r2004d7c8222fe7>)

## Attribution

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