Love and Psyche Oil on Canvas - Italy XVIII-XIX Century

Features

Artwork title:  Amore e Psiche

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900 , 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Allegorical/Mythological Subject

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Amore e Psiche

Oil on canvas. The scene refers to the myth of Cupid and Psyche, the two protagonists of a well-known story narrated by Apuleius in his work The Metamorphoses. Psyche, a mortal with a beauty equal to Venus, becomes the wife of Cupid-Cupid without however knowing who her husband is, who appears to her only in the darkness of the night. Discovering her identity at the instigation of her envious sisters, she is forced, before being able to reunite with her divine consort, to carry out a series of tests, at the end of which she will obtain immortality. The myth has been widely re-proposed over the centuries, both in painting and in sculptural art, just remember the famous sculptural group of Canova. In this painting, the two lovers delight in their amorous games in a patch of green adorned with a fountain and a lapwing, in the company of two cupids playing; on the right we can see, hidden, a faun spying on the couple. The canvas, already relined, has a hole in the center, in correspondence with Psyche's arm, a slight tear in the upper left and small drops of color. It is presented in an adapted 19th century frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 82
Width: 110
Depth: 6

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 77
Width: 103