{"product_id":"caravaggios-cupid-paperback","title":"Caravaggio's Cupid - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Langdon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis accessible and attractive illustrated volume focuses on one of Caravaggio's iconic artworks, \u003ci\u003eVictorious Cupid.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsually housed at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, \u003ci\u003eVictorious Cupid\u003c\/i\u003e (1601-02) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), also known as \u003ci\u003eAmor Vincit Omnia\u003c\/i\u003e, shows Cupid, the Roman god of desire, as a young boy, in an animated pose while wearing dark eagle wings and holding two arrows. It was the last allegorical work Caravaggio painted in Rome. The music manuscript on the floor shows a large V in the margin of the right-hand page which is believed to acknowledges Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani (1564-1537), who commissioned the painting, and is said to have prized \u003ci\u003eVictorious Cupid \u003c\/i\u003eabove all other works in his collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis publication features a description of the painting and summary of Caravaggio's early life, against the background of his artistic development and the intellectual interests of his patrons, and within the broader context of the theme of \"love conquers all\". Author Helen Langdon also examines the meaning of the painting, and considers how Caravaggio brings the subject to earth, from the heavens to the bedroom, mocking the idealisations of renaissance art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks by Caravaggio on public view in America can be seen at The Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, TX; The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT; and Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Langdon\u003c\/b\u003e has worked for the education department at the National Gallery, British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, London. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCaravaggio: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and the editor of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque sections of the Macmillan Dictionary of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.2 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48962613608696,"sku":"9781917273183","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/2hEpfECqHi9781917273183.webp?v=1781617159","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/caravaggios-cupid-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}