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Cupid with sphere

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Cupid with sphere, 1st century A.D.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei, inv. 9237

Cupid, armed with his bow and quiver, is holding a celestial sphere in his left hand. This is the only extant example of Cupid portrayed in this way in the whole of classical painting.