L’Amour menaçant

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L’Amour menaçant is an 18th-century Rococo marble sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting a mischievous Cupid poised to demand silence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rococo artwork
marble sculpture
sculpture
3DForm statue
artForm sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance canonical example of Rococo sculpture
artisticStyle elegant
playful
sensuous
characterRole personification of love
countryOfOrigin France
creator Étienne-Maurice Falconet
creatorNationality French
culturalContext French Rococo
depictionDescription mischievous Cupid poised to demand silence
depictionType single figure
depicts Cupid
Eros (primordial)
surface form: Eros
genre Rococo
hasPart Cupid’s raised right hand with index finger to lips
arrows
base
quiver
wings
iconography Cupid
surface form: Cupid with finger to lips
inception 1757
intendedEffect suggest secrecy in matters of love
materialUsed marble
movement Rococo
mythologicalTradition Greco-Roman mythology
notableWorkOf Étienne-Maurice Falconet
originalLanguageTitle French
period 18th century
portraysEmotion mischief
playfulness
portraysGesture gesture of silence
productionLocation Paris
subjectHeading mythological figure
theme love
secrecy
silence
title L’Amour menaçant self-link
Menacing Love
Threatening Love
visualFocus finger pressed to lips

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Étienne-Maurice Falconet notableWork L’Amour menaçant
L’Amour menaçant title L’Amour menaçant self-link