Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Italian: Amore e Psiche, French: Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour

Artist	Antonio Canova
Year	first version 1787-1793
Type	Marble
Dimensions	155 cm × 168 cm (61 in × 66 in)
Location	Louvre, Paris; Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (Italian: Amore e Psiche [aˈmoːre e ˈpsiːke]; French: Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour; Russian: Аму́р и Психе́я, translit. Amúr i Psikhéja) is a sculpture by Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Neoclassical sculpture, but shows the mythological lovers at a moment of great emotion, characteristic of the emerging movement of Romanticism. It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche with a kiss. The story of Cupid and Psyche is taken from Lucius Apuleius' Latin novel The Golden Ass, and was popular in art.

Joachim Murat acquired the first or prime version (pictured) in 1800. After his death the statue entered the Louvre Museum in Paris, France in 1824;Prince Yusupov, a Russian nobleman acquired the 2nd version of the piece from Canova in Rome in 1796, and it later entered the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.