File:Clevelandart 1962.37.jpg

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Cupid and Psyche (1817). Oil on canvas, 184 x 242 cm (72.4 x 95.2 in). Cleveland Museum of Art

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Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche  wikidata:Q3201883 reasonator:Q3201883
Artist
Jacques-Louis David
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Cupid and Psyche
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
David used the story of Cupid and Psyche to explore the conflict between idealized love and physical reality. Cupid, lover of the beautiful mortal Psyche, visited her nightly on the condition that she not know his identity. Cupid was usually depicted as an ideal adolescent, but here David presents him as an ungainly teenager smirking at his sexual conquest.David took inspiration from a number of ancient texts, including an obscure, recently published Greek poem by Moschus that describes Cupid as a mean-spirited brat with dark skin, flashing eyes, and curly hair.
Depicted people Cupid Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1817
date QS:P571,+1817-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Framed: 221 x 282 x 10 cm (87 x 111 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 184.2 x 241.6 cm (72 1/2 x 95 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Accession number
1962.37
Place of creation France, 19th century
Credit line Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
References
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.37
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