Cupid yana zana baka

Cupid Carving His Bow wani siffar marmara ce ta mai zane-zane na Flemish François Duquesnoy . Hoton na iya zama sanannen aikin farko a cikin marmara na Duquesnoy. A cewar Estelle Lingo: "Matsayin da jaririn putto ya yi wa hangen nesa na Duquesnoy game da salon Girkanci an nuna shi a sarari ta hanyar Cupid da ke sassaƙa baka. "

Hoton ya lalace sosai a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, lokacin da aka harbe shi a kai kuma ya fashe kashi da yawa. A halin yanzu an ajiye shi a Gidan Tarihi na Bode a Berlin.

 Hoton da aka yi 
Da gani na farko, cupid a halin da yake ciki yanzu na iya haifar da baƙin ciki. Adadin, sabanin abin da za a iya tsammani daga "allahn soyayya mai farin ciki, na Baroque,"  ya bayyana a ƙasƙantar da hankali kuma ya ɓoye. Cupid ya sunkuya gaba, idanunsa sun saukar, idonsa a ƙasa. Lalacewar da siffar ta sha a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu ya taimaka wajen haifar da baƙin ciki."Cupid Carving His Bow (fragment)". Google Arts and Culture; Bode Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020. Matsayinsa yana da wuyar fahimta ba tare da sanin tarihin zane ba.

Akwai wani labari daga mai ba da labari na Duquesnoy kuma aboki Joachim von Sandrart game da yin wannan siffar. A cewar Sandrart, Duquesnoy ya shahara a Roma saboda siffofin yara da jarirai putti, amma ya yi aiki mafi yawa a cikin albasa da yumɓu har zuwa yanzu (bisa ga Gian Pietro Bellori, duk da haka, 'yan shekaru bayan isowarsa a Roma an tilasta Duquesnoay ya zana ayyuka a cikin hauren giwa da itace). A cikin tarihin rayuwarsa na Duquesnoy, Sandrart ya yi iƙirarin cewa Fiammingo yana so ya nuna kwarewarsa na marmara, kuma daga nan ya samar da Cupid Carving His Bow. Wannan zai sa siffar ta zama aikin farko a cikin marmara ta Duquesnoy, ko kuma a kowane hali aikinsa na farko a cikin maramara.

Ba za a iya samun mai siye ga siffar ba da farko, amma Sandrart ya sami damar sayar da Cupid ga wani dan kasuwa mai suna Lucas van Uffel  (ko van Uffen), "Cupid Carving His Bow (fragment)". Google Arts and Culture; Bode Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020. wanda ke zaune a Venice.
A shekara ta 1637 majalisar birni ta Amsterdam ta sayi siffar, inda Van Uffel ya kawo Cupid.[1] An ba da shi a matsayin kyauta ga Gimbiya Amalia na Orange-Nassau ta majalisa. [1] A madadin haka, Sandrart ya sayar da hoton ga Van Uffel a Amsterdam, kuma ya wuce zuwa majalisar birni ta Amsterdam bayan mutuwar tsohon.[2]

Yarima ta sanya hoton a cikin lambunta na nishaɗi a The Hague. Daga can, siffar ta ƙare a Brandenburg, inda aka rubuta shi a cikin lissafin 1689 na kunstkammer na mai jefa kuri'a."Cupid Carving His Bow (fragment)". Google Arts and Culture; Bode Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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