Love and Psyche (David)
| Cupid and Psyche | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Artist | Jacques-Louis David  |
| Year | 1817 |
| Dimensions | 184 cm (72 in) × 242 cm (95 in) |
| Location | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Love and Psyche or Cupid and Psyche is an 1817 painting by Jacques-Louis David, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It shows Cupid and Psyche.
History
It was produced during David's exile in Brussels,[1] for the patron and collector Gian Battista Sommariva.[2] On its first exhibition at the museum in Brussels, it surprised viewers with its realist treatment of the figure of Cupid.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Philippe Bordes, David, Empire to Exile, New Haven, Yale University press, 2005 (ISBN 0-300-12346-9)
- Antoine Schnapper (ed.) and Arlette Sérullaz, Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825 : catalogue de l'exposition rétrospective Louvre-Versailles 1989-1990, Paris, Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1989 (ISBN 2711823261)
- Sophie Monneret, David et le néoclassicisme, Paris, Terrail, 1998 (ISBN 2879391865)
- Simon Lee, David, Paris, Phaidon, 2002 (ISBN 0714891053)
References
- ^ Bender, Narim (2015-04-29). Jacques Louis David: 88 Paintings. Osmora Incorporated. ISBN 978-2-7659-1336-8.
- ^ Francis, Henry S. (1963). "Jacques Louis David: Cupid and Psyche". The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 50 (2): 29–34. ISSN 0009-8841.
External links
- Cupid and Psyche, Cleveland Museum of Art,
- https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacques-louis-david/cupid-and-psyche-1817
- https://www.artrenewal.org/Article/Title/cupid-and-psyche
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