From 1757 to 1766, Etienne Falconet was the Director of the sculpture workshop at the Royal Sevres Porcelain Factory, where he created numerous models, several of which are the most popular models ever. One such creation is "Menacing Cupid". In the previous generation of sculptors, Boucher had made doll-like chubby children that fidgeted this way and that. Falconet, on the other hand, created an Eros: a child as idealised as he is mischievous, who is not in fact threatening anyone, his finger simply asking for silence. Cupid is the confidant of Venus, for whom he keeps the secrets
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