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1749 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1749, art Events from the year 1749 in art. Events * February – A Roman statue of Cupid and Psyche (Roman sculpture), Cupid and Psyche is discovered in the garden of the canonico Panicale on the Aventine Hill and given by Pope Benedict XIV to the Capitoline Museums, where it is conserved. * John Shackleton is appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to King George II of Great Britain. Works * Canaletto completes his painting of ''Warwick Castle'' now at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin refines technique for reflected light on glass and silver, painting ''The Silver Beaker''. * Thomas Hudson (painter), Thomas Hudson paints a :File:John Byng.jpg, portrait of Admiral Byng. * Jean-Baptiste Oudry paints '':File:Clara 1749 Oudry.jpg, Clara the Rhinoceros'', a portrait of the rhinoceros Clara (rhinoceros), Clara at this date on display in Paris. * Joshua Reynolds paints '':File:Augustus Keppel BHC2821.jpg, Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid And Psyche (Roman Sculpture)
The marble ''Cupid and Psyche'' conserved in the Capitoline Museums, Rome, is a 1st or 2nd century Roman copy of a late Hellenistic original. It was given to the nascent Capitoline Museums by Pope Benedict XIV in 1749, shortly after its discovery. Its graceful balance and sentimental appearance made it a favourite among the Neoclassicism, neoclassical generations of artists and visitors, and it was copied in many materials from bronze to biscuit porcelain. Antonio Canova consciously set out to outdo the Antique original with his own ''Cupid and Psyche'' of 1808 (''illustration, below left'') The sculpture was discovered in the garden of the ''vigna'' of the canonico Panicale on the Aventine Hill in February 1749. The sculpture quite eclipsed a Roman marble of a winged Cupid and Psyche that had been discovered in the 17th century and removed to the Uffizi, Medici collection in Florence. The Capitoline ''Cupid and Psyche'' was among the cream of the Roman collections sequestered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
