File:Drawing, Wallpaper Design- Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth, 1815 (CH 18653925).jpg

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Merry-Joseph Blondel: English: Drawing, Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth, 1815   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Merry-Joseph Blondel  (1781–1853)  wikidata:Q245624
 
Merry-Joseph Blondel
Alternative names
Merry Joseph Blondel; Joseph Blondel; Blondel
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 25 July 1781 Edit this at Wikidata 12 June 1853 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q245624
Title
English: Drawing, Wallpaper Design: Psyche Bringing to Venus a Glass from the Fountain of Youth, 1815
Description
English: Psyche kneeling at right offers a cup to Venus who is sitting enthroned on the left with doves in her lap. Three unidentified maidens look on in the center of the composition. Neoclassical architectural setting.
Date 1815
date QS:P571,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to thin ply paperboard
Dimensions 40 x 35.1 cm (15 3/4 x 13 13/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1996-57-1
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in white, lower center margin: PSYCHÉ RAPPORTE A VENUS UNE URNE REMPLIE / DE L'EAU DE LA FONTAINE DE JOUVENCE.
  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: France
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