The Graces with Cupid's Arrow, and Cupid with the Lyre

by Thorvaldsens Museum

As the title shows, the sculpture is about Jupiter’s beautiful daughters, the Graces, who act as maidservants to Venus, the goddess of love. This explains the presence of the little Cupid, who is playing the lyre at their feet: Cupid is Venus’s son. The Graces are examining one of Cupid’s arrows: th