Sleeping Cupid, oil on canvas late 17th century, Caravaggesque painter from northern Italy
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Sleeping Cupid, oil on canvas late 17th century, Caravaggesque painter from northern Italy. Measurements: 90 x 74 The painting we present constitutes a precious testimony of the reception of Caravaggism in northern Italy at the end of the seventeenth century, but, above all, of the metamorphosis of a theme, that of Eros / Cupid, which, according to the eras, was variously interpreted on the basis of the cultural and, above all, moralizing demands of the moment. Directly inspired by the famous Caravaggesque prototype of the sleeping Amorino (work datable between 1608 and 1609, preserved in the Palatine Gallery in Florence), subject begun and completed in Malta on commission by Fra