Where Is Copy of Raphael's Cherub? Museum Location

Q: Where is this copy displayed?

This work is at the Musée National Gustave Moreau in Paris, the artist's former home and studio. Gustave Moreau made this copy after a cherub by Raphael.

Q: Who painted this copy?

Gustave Moreau made this copy after Raphael as part of his artistic training You can see it at Musée National Gustave Moreau, Paris.

Q: Why did artists copy Old Masters?

Copying masterworks was essential academic training for centuries. Moreau studied Raphael's technique closely at the Louvre, absorbing classical composition before developing his own Symbolist style.

Gustave Moreau made this copy after a cherub by Raphael. The French Symbolist painter studied Old Masters throughout his career. This academic exercise shows his technical training.

Moreau later developed his distinctive jewel-like imagery of mythological subjects. This copy is displayed at the Musée National Gustave Moreau in Paris.

This work is at the Musée National Gustave Moreau in Paris, the artist's former home and studio. Gustave Moreau made this copy after a cherub by Raphael.

Gustave Moreau made this copy after Raphael as part of his artistic training You can see it at Musée National Gustave Moreau, Paris.

Copying masterworks was essential academic training for centuries. Moreau studied Raphael's technique closely at the Louvre, absorbing classical composition before developing his own Symbolist style.

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