Terracotta sculpture of a standing woman. Her right arm clutches fabric as a Cupid on her right pulls the fabric at her waist.
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The Fear of Love

Jean-Louis Lemoyne (French, 1665–1755)

1742

Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
36.5 × 19.1 cm (14 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Culture
France
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line
Richard T. Crane, Jr. Endowment
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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