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Psyche at the Fountain (Psiquis en la fuente)

1887

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The story

Psyche was so beautiful that people worshipped her instead of Venus. The jealous goddess set her impossible tasks, among them filling a crystal vessel with black water from the source of the Styx, before Psyche was allowed to marry Cupid as an immortal.

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Object details

Title: Psyche at the Fountain (Psiquis en la fuente)
Artist: Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle
Date: 1887
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0588
Original image: 1401 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle. Psyche at the Fountain (Psiquis en la fuente). 1887. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0588/