It has also been suggested that the so-called Cupid at South Kensington is the work in question.

We have no authentic information to guide us in the matter.

But the South Kensington Cupid is certainly a production of the master's early manhood.

It was discovered some forty years ago, hidden away in the cellars of the Gualfonda (Rucellai) Gardens at Florence, by Professor Miliarini and the famous Florentine sculptor Santarelli.

On a cursory inspection they both declared it to be a genuine Michelangelo.