# Cupid Making a Bow out of the Club of Hercules

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOUCHARDON, Edme](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Marble, height 173 cm

## Commentary

Bouchardon, during his nine years in Rome, paid much closer attention to the statues of antiquity than to Baroque ones. Recalled to Paris in 1732, he protested unceasingly, both in words and by example, against the baroquism of the sculpture of his period, and produced works which harked back to those of Girardon yet appear Classical before their time. &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

- [Bust of Philipp Stosch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/bust-of-philipp-stosch-r421cd82f9f28a1>)
- [Bust of Pope Clement XII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/bust-of-pope-clement-xii-rcd87e777d1b3f4>)
- [Cardinal Fleury Dying in the Arms of Religion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/cardinal-fleury-dying-in-the-arms-of-religion-r984cb664559fb3>)
- [Cardinal Fleury Dying in the Arms of Religion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/cardinal-fleury-dying-in-the-arms-of-religion-rce98dbd82054c4>)
- [Equestrian Statue of Louis XV](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/equestrian-statue-of-louis-xv-r59a0f561efa953>)
- [Flagellation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/flagellation-of-christ-rd541948eded0c0>)
- [Fountain \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/fountain-detail-r2b96caeb2e0463>)
- [Fountain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/fountain-r3eb95eaf8e2714>)
- [Study for the Equestrian Statue of Louis XV](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouchardon-edme-rbb8d0803fac68d/study-for-the-equestrian-statue-of-louis-xv-r8629e561a53a22>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)