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Unlike many of Caravaggio's works, it can be dated accurately. It was commissioned for Fra Francesco dell'Antella, Florentine Secretary for Italy to Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights of Malta</a>, and an old inscription on the back records that it was painted in Malta in 1608.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The subject of a sleeping <a href="/wiki/Cupid" title="Cupid">Cupid</a>, bowstring broken and arrows cast aside, usually signifies the abandonment of worldly pleasures, and dell'Antella may have commissioned it as a reminder of his <a href="/wiki/Chastity" title="Chastity">vow of chastity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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Arte, 28, 331, 1977, pp. 46–50.</li> <li>Howard Hibbard, <i>Caravaggio</i> (1983), p. 234, 262 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-433322-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-433322-1">978-0-06-433322-1</a></li> <li>Claudio Pizzorusso, <i>Un ‘tranquillo dio’: Giovanni da San Giovanni e Caravaggio</i>, in: Paragone. Rivista mensile di arte figurativa e letteratura, 34, 405, 1983, pp. 50–59.</li> <li>Avigdor W. G. Posèq, <i>A Note on Caravaggio’s “Sleeping Amor”</i>, in: Source. Notes in the History of Art, Summer 1987, Vol. 6, Nr. 4, pp. 27–31.</li> <li>Andreas Prater, <i>Licht und Farbe bei Caravaggio: Studien zur Ästhetik und Ikonologie des Helldunkels</i>, Stuttgart 1992, pp. 141–148.</li> <li>David M. Stone, <i>In Praise of Caravaggio’s Sleeping Cupid. New Documents for Francesco dell’Antella in Malta and Florence</i>, in: Melita Historica, 12, 2, 1997, pp. 165–177.</li> <li>Helen Langdon, <i>Caravaggio: A Life</i>, London, 1999, p. 355 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7126-6582-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7126-6582-X">0-7126-6582-X</a></li> <li>Valeska von Rosen, <i>Caravaggio und die Grenzen des Darstellbaren: Ambiguität, Ironie und Performativität in der Malerei um 1600</i>, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 2009, pp. 217–223</li> <li>Helen Langdon, <i>Caravaggio and Cupid: Homage and Rivalry in Rome and Florence</i>, Edinburgh, 2017</li> <li>Genevieve Warwick, <i>Memory’s Cut: Caravaggio’s Sleeping Cupid of 1608</i>, in: Art History, 40, 4, 2017, pp. 884–903.</li> <li>Francesco Zucconi, <i>Displacing Caravaggio: Art, Media, and Humanitarian Visual Culture</i>, 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title="Boy Bitten by a Crayfish">Boy Bitten by a Crayfish</a></i> (c. 1593; lost)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fortune_Teller_(Caravaggio)" title="The Fortune Teller (Caravaggio)"><i>The Fortune Teller</i></a> (c. 1594)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cardsharps" title="The Cardsharps">The Cardsharps</a></i> (c. 1594)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">1595–1599<br />Del Monte paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Musicians_(Caravaggio)" title="The Musicians (Caravaggio)">The Musicians</a></i> (c. 1595)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_of_Assisi_in_Ecstasy_(Caravaggio)" title="Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (Caravaggio)">Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy</a></i> (c. 1595)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy_Bitten_by_a_Lizard" title="Boy Bitten by a Lizard">Boy Bitten by a Lizard</a></i> (c. 1596)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lute_Player_(Caravaggio)" title="The Lute Player (Caravaggio)">The Lute Player</a></i> (c. 1596)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bacchus_(Caravaggio)" title="Bacchus (Caravaggio)">Bacchus</a></i> (c. 1596)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Penitent_Magdalene_(Caravaggio)" title="Penitent Magdalene (Caravaggio)">Penitent Magdalene</a></i> (c. 1597)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rest_on_the_Flight_into_Egypt_(Caravaggio)" title="Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Caravaggio)">Rest on the Flight into Egypt</a></i> (c. 1597)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Medusa_(Caravaggio)" title="Medusa (Caravaggio)">Medusa</a></i> (c. 1597)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Courtesan_(Caravaggio)" title="Portrait of a Courtesan (Caravaggio)">Portrait of a Courtesan (Fillide Melandroni)</a></i> (c. 1597)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jupiter,_Neptune_and_Pluto" title="Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto">Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto</a></i> (c. 1597)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Catherine_(Caravaggio)" title="Saint Catherine (Caravaggio)">Saint Catherine of Alexandria</a></i> (c. 1598)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_of_Isaac_(Caravaggio)" title="Sacrifice of Isaac (Caravaggio)">The Sacrifice of Isaac</a></i> (Princeton; c. 1598)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist_(Caravaggio)" title="John the Baptist (Caravaggio)">John the Baptist</a></i> (c. 1598)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_(Caravaggio)" title="Martha and Mary Magdalene (Caravaggio)">Martha and Mary Magdalene</a></i> (c. 1598)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Maffeo_Barberini" title="Portrait of Maffeo Barberini">Portrait of Maffeo Barberini</a></i> (1598)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Basket_of_Fruit_(Caravaggio)" title="Basket of Fruit (Caravaggio)">Basket of Fruit</a></i> (c. 1599)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(Caravaggio)" title="Judith Beheading Holofernes (Caravaggio)">Judith Beheading Holofernes</a></i> (c. 1599)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_and_Goliath_(Caravaggio)" title="David and Goliath (Caravaggio)">David and Goliath</a></i> (c. 1599)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Narcissus_(Caravaggio)" title="Narcissus (Caravaggio)">Narcissus</a></i> (c. 1599)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">1600–1606<br />Most famous<br />painter in Rome</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Calling_of_Saint_Matthew" title="The Calling of Saint Matthew">The Calling of Saint Matthew</a></i> (1599–1600)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Matthew_(Caravaggio)" title="The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (Caravaggio)">The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew</a></i> (1599–1600)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Conversion_of_Saint_Paul_(Caravaggio)" title="The Conversion of Saint Paul (Caravaggio)">The Conversion of Saint Paul</a></i> (1600)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Saint_Peter_(Caravaggio)" title="Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Caravaggio)">The Crucifixion of Saint Peter</a></i> (1601)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus" title="Conversion on the Way to Damascus">The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus</a></i> (1601)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Supper_at_Emmaus_(Caravaggio,_London)" title="Supper at Emmaus (Caravaggio, London)">Supper at Emmaus</a></i> (London; 1601)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amor_Vincit_Omnia_(Caravaggio)" title="Amor Vincit Omnia (Caravaggio)">Amor Victorious</a></i> (1602)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Matthew_and_the_Angel" title="Saint Matthew and the Angel">Saint Matthew and the Angel</a></i> (1602; destroyed)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Inspiration_of_Saint_Matthew" title="The Inspiration of Saint Matthew">The Inspiration of Saint Matthew</a></i> (1602)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas_(Caravaggio)" title="The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (Caravaggio)">The Incredulity of Saint Thomas</a></i> (c. 1602)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Taking_of_Christ_(Caravaggio)" title="The Taking of Christ (Caravaggio)">The Taking of Christ</a></i> (1602)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Entombment_of_Christ_(Caravaggio)" title="The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)">The Entombment of Christ</a></i> (c. 1603)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_in_Prayer_(Caravaggio)" title="Saint Francis in Prayer (Caravaggio)">Saint Francis in Prayer</a></i> (c. 1603)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Calling_of_Saints_Peter_and_Andrew" title="The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew">The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew</a></i> (c. 1603–1606)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_di_Loreto_(Caravaggio)" title="Madonna di Loreto (Caravaggio)">Madonna of Loreto (Madonna dei Pellegrini, Pilgrims' Madonna)</a></i> (c. 1604)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crowning_with_Thorns_(Caravaggio,_Prato)" title="The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio, Prato)">The Crowning with Thorns</a></i> (Prato; 1604)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_the_Virgin_(Caravaggio)" title="Death of the Virgin (Caravaggio)">The Death of the Virgin</a></i> (1604)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christ_on_the_Mount_of_Olives_(Caravaggio)" title="Christ on the Mount of Olives (Caravaggio)">Christ on the Mount of Olives</a></i> (1605)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Caravaggio,_Genoa)" title="Ecce Homo (Caravaggio, Genoa)">Ecce Homo</a></i> (Genoa; c. 1605)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Jerome_in_Meditation_(Caravaggio)" title="Saint Jerome in Meditation (Caravaggio)">Saint Jerome in Meditation</a></i> (c. 1605)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Jerome_Writing" title="Saint Jerome Writing">Saint Jerome Writing</a></i> (Rome; c. 1605)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Pope_Paul_V" title="Portrait of Pope Paul V">Portrait of Pope Paul V</a></i> (1605)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Life_with_Fruit_(Caravaggio)" title="Still Life with Fruit (Caravaggio)">Still Life with Fruit</a></i> (1605)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne_(Dei_Palafrenieri)" title="Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)">Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)</a></i> (1606)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">1606–1608<br />Naples and Malta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Caravaggio,_Madrid)" title="Ecce Homo (Caravaggio, Madrid)">Ecce Homo</a></i> (Madrid; c. 1605–1609)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalen_in_Ecstasy" title="Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy">Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy</a></i> (1606)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_in_Meditation_(Caravaggio)" title="Saint Francis in Meditation (Caravaggio)">Saint Francis in Meditation</a></i> (1606)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Supper_at_Emmaus_(Caravaggio,_Milan)" title="Supper at Emmaus (Caravaggio, Milan)">Supper at Emmaus</a></i> (Milan; 1606)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seven_Works_of_Mercy_(Caravaggio)" title="The Seven Works of Mercy (Caravaggio)">The Seven Works of Mercy</a></i> (1606)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crucifixion_of_Saint_Andrew_(Caravaggio)" title="The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew (Caravaggio)">The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew</a></i> (1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_with_the_Head_of_Goliath_(Caravaggio,_Vienna)" title="David with the Head of Goliath (Caravaggio, Vienna)">David with the Head of Goliath</a></i> (Vienna; 1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madonna_of_the_Rosary_(Caravaggio)" title="Madonna of the Rosary (Caravaggio)">Madonna of the Rosary</a></i> (1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crowning_with_Thorns_(Caravaggio,_Vienna)" title="The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio, Vienna)">The Crowning with Thorns</a></i> (Vienna; 1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flagellation_of_Christ_(Caravaggio)" title="The Flagellation of Christ (Caravaggio)">The Flagellation of Christ</a></i> (c. 1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christ_at_the_Column_(Caravaggio)" title="Christ at the Column (Caravaggio)">Christ at the Column</a></i> (c. 1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salome_with_the_Head_of_John_the_Baptist_(Caravaggio,_London)" title="Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, London)">Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</a></i> (London; c. 1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Jerome_Writing_(Caravaggio,_Valletta)" title="Saint Jerome Writing (Caravaggio, Valletta)">Saint Jerome Writing</a></i> (Valletta; 1607)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Alof_de_Wignacourt_and_his_Page" title="Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page">Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page</a></i> (1607–1608)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Fra_Antonio_Martelli_(Caravaggio)" title="Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (Caravaggio)">Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli</a></i> (1608)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beheading_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist_(Caravaggio)" title="The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Caravaggio)">The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist</a></i> (1608)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sleeping Cupid</a></i> (1608)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EAEAAE;width:1%">1608–1610<br />Sicily and Naples</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Annunciation_(Caravaggio)" title="Annunciation (Caravaggio)">The Annunciation</a></i> (1608)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burial_of_Saint_Lucy" title="The Burial of Saint Lucy">The Burial of Saint Lucy</a></i> (1608)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Raising_of_Lazarus_(Caravaggio)" title="The Raising of Lazarus (Caravaggio)">The Raising of Lazarus</a></i> (1609)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Caravaggio)" title="Adoration of the Shepherds (Caravaggio)">Adoration of the Shepherds</a></i> (1609)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nativity_with_Saint_Francis_and_Saint_Lawrence" title="Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence">Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence</a></i> (1609; lost)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salome_with_the_Head_of_John_the_Baptist_(Caravaggio,_Madrid)" title="Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, Madrid)">Salome with the Head of John the Baptist</a></i> (Madrid; 1609)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Denial_of_Saint_Peter_(Caravaggio)" title="The Denial of Saint Peter (Caravaggio)">Denial of Saint Peter</a></i> (1610)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Ursula_(Caravaggio)" title="The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (Caravaggio)">The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula</a></i> (1610)</li> <li><i><a 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