Statue of Cupid and Psyche
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
300 a.C. - 201 BC
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
alt. 1.254 m
Origin:
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Sala Annibale (1944 - 1945) Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Galleria (1923 - 1944) Musei Capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Gabinetto della Venere (1880 - 1923)
Inventory:
S 408
Gruppo di Amore e Psiche. It was taken to Paris in 1797 and returned to Rome in 1816. 10/06/1985 collected by the Tartaglia company and sent to Athens.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The centre of the room features the so-called "Dying Galatian", one of the best-known and most important works in the museum.
It is a replica of one of the sculptures in the ex-voto group dedicated to Pergamon by Attalus I to commemorate the victories over the Galatians in the III and II centuries BC.
