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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 4401263, member: 17332&quot;]<b>The Cupid Sellers</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Quotation from the Getty Museum: &quot;The notion of capturing or purchasing love through &quot;Cupid sellers&quot; was popular in ancient Roman literature. It captivated the imagination of modern artists with its suggestion of Pompeian decadence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cut from the wall of the luxurious Villa di Arianna at Stabiae, a coastal town south of Pompeii, this fresco depicts an older woman forcefully lifting a winged Cupid from a cage and offering it to a potential buyer. Since its discovery in the mid–1700s, this fresco has inspired numerous reproductions and adaptations in diverse media.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372374[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>An example in cameo form (not mine):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]372375[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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