Cupid and Hymen Spinning the Thread of Life, Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron

Cupid and Hymen Spinning the Thread of Life

Modeled after a relief (1831) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg

Second quarter of the 19th century

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