SAM Art: Happy Valentine’s Day
The corkscrew form of this robust figure invites the viewer to walk around it and see it from all angles. This serpentine construction embodied the thinking of Michelangelo and other sixteenth-century theorists who believed that “a figure has its highest grace and eloquence when it is seen in movement.”
In 1998 this Cupid underwent surgery to remove his wings, appendages which had been considerably retouched over time.
Happy Valentine’s Day!