[1] However, the oeuvre's stucco copy came into the possession of Cardinal Bernardino Spada (1594 – 1661)[2] early on.

[3] The original marble relief is currently housed at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome.

[4] Gian Pietro Bellori described this oeuvre thusly: [Duquesnoy] figurò l'Amor divino che abbatte l'Amor profano calcandolo [sic] col piede, e chiudendogli la bocca con la mano, per farlo tacere, mentre un'altro [sic] fanciullo inalza [sic] la corona di lauro in premio della vittoria immortale[5]According to Bellori, Duquesnoy pushed for the commission of such a relief after becoming fascinated with the subject of the putti.

[6][5][7] According to Lingo, there is a poem ("The Battle of Sacred and Profane Love") in Pope Urban VIII's Poëmata that is associable with Duquesnoy's opus.

[1] In that poem, "Urban envisioned his conflicting spiritual and worldly desires as twin loves in vigorous combat.