The sculpture features a winged cherub figure on a fantastical creature with a serpentine body and wings. The cherub holds onto the creature's horns or ears with one hand while their legs straddle the creature's back. The sculpture is crafted in bronze, giving it a dark brown appearance with shiny highlights. It is presented in a relief style on a circular medallion-like disc with a small hole near the edge. The composition captures a dynamic interaction between the cherub and the mythical creature.

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Cupid Riding on a Dragon

Moderno (Veronese, 1467 - 1528)

c. 1500

Medium: bronze//Medium brown patina (much rubbed)
Classification: Sculpture
Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.) gross weight: 102 gr
Culture: Veronese
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CSD
Credit line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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