The statue of Cupid with an Arrow by Mikhail Kozlovsky, one of the most striking exponents of the early Classical style in Russia, is among the celebrated works that the sculptor repeated more than once. At the present time there are two signed statues that can be found in the collections of the Russian Museum in St Petersburg and the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. It would seem that this figure was previously in the Taurida Palace (Potiomkin's residence in St Petersburg) and it is included in the list of works that Alexander Briullov selected there for the New Hermitage as "A Standing Cupid by Kozlovsky".