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| Keywords: Francesco Fanelli - Cupid with a Bow on Horseback - Walters 54146.jpg Inspired by love poetry the notion of Cupid as a hunter imagines the experience of falling in love as the result of an onrushing attack Nobody is safe from Cupid's bow His steed is depicted in full gallop its front hooves lifted a wonderful display of baroque energy and movement The Italian sculptor Francesco Fanelli was active in England from about 1630 through 1642 In his treatise on architecture he proudly described himself as sculptor to the king of Great Britain This is one of the models that he and his workshop produced in significant numbers during his years working for Charles I and his court; the version in the king's collection may have been the prototype between 1630 1639 Baroque bronze cm 15 7 accession number 54 146 32121 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Francesco Fanelli Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures of Cupido Cupid riding Cupid and horses Cupid with bow | ||||
