BUZZI, Ippolito
(b. ca. 1562, Viggiù, 1634, Roma)

Cupid and Psyche

1620s
Marble
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

In some of the antique sculptures restored by Buzzi, unrelated fragments were assembled, to create essentially new compositions. An example is the Cupid and Psyche, a composition by Buzzi combining two antique male torsos and his own additions.




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