{"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\u003eA Caravaggio \"first\", this accessible and attractive illustrated volume focuses on one of the famous artist's most 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) is the centrepiece in a new focus exhibition at The Wallace Collection. Caravaggio's painting, 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 richly illustrated softcover print publication features an introduction by the director of The Wallace Collection, Xavier Bray, followed by five illustrated chapters by the volume's principal author, Helen Langdon. A description of the painting and summary of Caravaggio's early life, present \u003ci\u003eVictorious Cupid\u003c\/i\u003e 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\". Langdon 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\u003ePublication accompanies an exhibition at The Wallace Collection, London.\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":47184216752377,"sku":"9781917273183","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RuKaP0sV0v9781917273183.webp?v=1767787694","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/caravaggios-cupid-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}