Falconet gained success with full-size sculptures of Cupid, mischievous god of love, and Cupid's human wife, Psyche. Madame de Pompadour encouraged Falconet to adapt them into equally popular small-scale biscuit statues.
Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
1780-1790
Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit) with enamel and gilding
12.5 x 6.4in
33-1575/1 A,B
Image and text: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2023
Where you'll find this
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Permanent collection