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The ''Cupid'' was a sculpture created by Renaissance artist Michelangelo in 1496, which he artificially aged to make it look like an antique from the advice of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco. It was this sculpture which first brought him to the attention of patrons in Rome. The work is now lost.〔Entry on "Cupid," ''The Classical Tradition'' (Harvard University Press, 2010), p. 245; Stefania Macioe, "Caravaggio and the Role of Classical Models," in ''The Rediscovery of Antiquity: The Role of the Artist'' (Collegium Hyperboreum, 2003), pp. 437–438.〕 ==''Sleeping Cupid''== In 1496, Michelangelo made a sleeping cupid figure and treated it with acidic earth to make it seem ancient. He then sold it to a dealer, Baldassare del Milanese, who in turn sold it to Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio who later learned of the fraud and demanded his money back. However, Michelangelo was permitted to keep his share of the money.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Michelangelo's Cupid )〕 When Michelangelo offered to take the sculpture back from Baldassarre, the latter refused, saying he would rather destroy it. The ''Cupid'' was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was about 20 years old at the time.〔Deborah Parker, ''Michelangelo and the Art of Letter Writing'' (Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 11; Rona Goffen, ''Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian'' (Yale University Press, 2002, 2004), p. 95.〕 The sculpture was later donated by Cesare Borgia to Isabella d'Este, and was probably collected by Charles I of England when all the Gonzaga collections were bought and taken to London in the seventeenth century.〔 In 1698, the ''Cupid'' was probably destroyed in the great fire in the Palace of Whitehall, London.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cupid (Michelangelo)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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