Focus on Victory of Sacred Love over Profane Love and explore the abstract.
The Victory of Sacred Love over Profane Love is a marble relief by Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. The patron of the relief is unknown. However, the oeuvre's stucco copy came into the possession of Cardinal Bernardino Spada (1594 – 1661) early on. The original marble relief is currently housed at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome. A stucco copy is housed at the Galleria Spada in Rome.
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