[1] The sculpture has been described as more classicist when compared to the Mercury, with Apollo's feminine facial features akin to those of Duquesnoy's Saint Susanna, and the "vigorously molded"[2] Cupid quite close to Duquesnoy's masterpiece, the putti adorning the Tomb of Ferdinand van den Eynde.

[3] According to Bellori, whilst this bronze is indeed a pendant to Duquesnoy's Mercury, it was designed several years later by the Fiammingo.

[2] Duquesnoy's Apollo and Cupid is first recorded in and inventory of Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein at Feldsberg.

[3][4] The god leans on a tree stump, "in a graceful contrapposto that echoes that of the Mercury, but without its backward tilt.

According to the Liechtenstein Museum Press, "Duquesnoy gave his figures a softly chased surface and a subtle modulation that creates a gentle interplay of light and shade.