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Description: | Cupid, who is invisible to Psyche, whispers in her ear. He was sent by Venus who, jealous of Psyche's beauty, asked him to induce Psyche to fall in love with a hideous monster. However, Cupid fell in love with Psyche himself. They are shown under a crumbling stone arch supported by Corinthian pillars. Psyche sits with legs crossed at the ankle. She wears diaphanous white drapery under red drapery around the lower part of her body. Cupid wears a leopard skin and sandals and has a quiver of arrows on his back. On the ground between them are a bow and arrow, some grapes, a halved melon, plums and vine leaves. There are wild flowers in the left foreground and a stone fountain behind Psyche to the right and, beyond this, a tree. Chris Riopelle has suggested that this painting could be Belgian based on the richness of colour and profusion of descriptive detail. | Subjects: | mythology (Cupid and Psyche) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Belgian School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8459... | Go to resource |
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