''Amor on Pegasus'' (german: Amor auf dem Pegasus, en, Cupid on Pegasus , italic=yes) in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

, Poland, is a monument located in Nicolaus Copernicus Park (), within the Old Town Promenade at Teatralna Street. The sculptor was Theodor von Gosen.

Description

This monumental sculpture is set on a high pedestal that is located at the eastern end of the Park, at the back of the former Leipziger Palace. The cast-bronze sculpture is about high and is set on a -high

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pedestal (rectangular horizontal section) with a

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

. The sculpture presents two mythical figures:

Cupid In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupīdō , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, lust, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus (mythology), Venus and the god of war Mar ...

riding on

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, symbolizing love and poetry. Cupid's eyes are made of marble, and Pegasus' of

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History

The unveiling took place on 14 June 1914. Initially, it was placed in the Pavilion of the Association of Silesian Artists at the Centennial Exhibition organized in 1913 around the

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. It was moved a year later to its present location.

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