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Psyche Abandoned by Amor

1873

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The story

In Apuleius's tale, Psyche's husband visited her only in darkness. Goaded by her envious sisters, she lit a hidden lamp to see him and found the god Cupid, but a drop of hot oil woke him and he fled, leaving her to wander alone.

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Object details

Title: Psyche Abandoned by Amor
Artist: Sava Henția
Date: 1873
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Location not traced
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0660
Original image: 2497 × 1503 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Sava Henția. Psyche Abandoned by Amor. 1873. Location not traced. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0660/