Eternal Embrace: Canova's Psyche revived by Cupid's kiss

Even without knowing the subject, we can tell that this is a beautiful romantic moment fixed in an everlasting marble block by the great Antonio Canova: probably the most talented neoclassical sculptor since Napoleon, the Pope and the richest men of his time were fighting to hire him.


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