File:Clevelandart 1962.37.jpg
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Summary
Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche
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| Artist |
Jacques-Louis David |
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| Title |
Cupid and Psyche |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
mythological painting |
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| 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. |
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| Depicted people |
Cupid |
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| Date | 1817 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Modern European Painting and Sculpture |
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| Accession number |
1962.37 |
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| Place of creation | France, 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 07:12, 21 January 2019 | | 3,400 × 2,574 (4.97 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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