Cupid with Arms Raised
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The somewhat static nude Cupid (Eros) stands with his left leg forward and his left foot turned out and flat on the ground. The heel of the right foot is raised only slightly. The thighs are joined down to the knees. The genitalia are indicated by a bump. Cupid’s arms are tubular, with no indication of musculature. He holds his left hand, clenched into a fist, near his mouth; it is not punctured by a hole to hold a missing attribute. The palm of his right hand is turned outward; the fingers curve forward but again do not seem to have held anything. Cupid’s head is turned toward the raised right hand. The cheeks are heavy, the nose is almost flat, and the mouth is crooked. His eyes are asymmetrical, and the punched pupils are recessed. His hair is pulled into a topknot above his brow and is plaited down the back of his head, with loose locks along the sides of his face. On the back, only the left wing survives; the right wing is a stump. Leaf-shaped inner feathers and long outer feathers are clearly rendered on the facing side of the wing; the back is plain.
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In contrast to the Greek Eros, who was often depicted as a nude youth with wings, Roman Cupid generally took on the appearance of a putto, a slightly chubby young child. Cupids are depicted participating in many activities in Roman art, from music and dancing (1) to harvesting and farming (2) to fighting and playing games (3). Cupids (erotes) often appear as attendants to other deities, especially Venus (Aphrodite), and Harvard’s copper alloy Cupid statuettes may have been part of larger statuette groups (4). Cupids are also depicted with ritual accoutrements, such as offering plates or garlands, or in ritual actions such as pouring libations and participating in animal sacrifice (5).
NOTES:
1. See, for example, Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae Eros/Amor, Cupido nos. 449-88.
2. See, for example, LIMC Eros/Amor, Cupido nos. 489-527.
3. See, for example, LIMC Eros/Amor, Cupido nos. 230-66.
4. For all examples of cupids in service of deities, see LIMC Eros/Amor, Cupido nos. 589-631; for Venus specifically, see LIMC Eros/Amor, Cupido nos. 589-605. Compare also LIMC Eros (in per. or.) nos. 76-88. 10, 13, 24, 27, and 29.
5. See, for example, LIMC Eros/Amor, Cupido nos. 689-714.
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