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Cupid on a Sphere

ARCHITECTURAL e3v · p.71
Cupid on a Sphere
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)

Winged putto (Cupid) standing on a sphere atop a fountain. Water arcs from the base.

In the Narrative

Cupid/Eros presides over a fountain — love as the animating force of the natural world. The sphere represents cosmic love.

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