Which neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova depicts Cupid reviving Psyche with a kiss?

Antonio Canova’s neoclassical sculpture of Cupid reviving Psyche with a kiss is Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss.

Canova created the marble group in the late 18th century for the Roman collector and art patron John Campbell. The composition illustrates a moment from the myth of Cupid and Psyche, in which Cupid awakens Psyche after she has fallen into a deathlike sleep.

The intertwined figures form an elegant, nearly circular arrangement. Cupid’s wings rise above them while his arms support Psyche, whose body curves upward toward him. Canova’s highly polished marble and controlled surfaces became hallmarks of European Neoclassicism.

The Louvre version entered the collection of Joachim Murat and was later acquired by the French state. A second important version is held by the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, so references to “the” sculpture can sometimes conceal the existence of multiple versions.