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Description: | Cupid fell in love with the mortal, Psyche but later abandoned her. Psyche attempted suicide by drowning but was rescued by naiads or water nymphs. This is one of four mythologies painted by Pierre for Bellevue, Madame de Pompadour's pavilion at Meudon, completed in 1750. He replaced Boucher as Premier Painter to the King after Boucher's death in 1770. | Subjects: | mythology (Psyche rescued from drowning; Ovid Metamorphoses) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pierre, Jean Baptiste Marie (French painter and sculptor, 1713-1789) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Taraval, Hugues (French painter, 1729-1785) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9176... | Go to resource |
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