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The Reunion of Cupid and Psyche

c. 1790

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The story

Saint-Ours painted this preparatory sketch of the myth's happy ending. Having finished the tasks Venus set her, including a journey to the underworld, Psyche is made immortal and may stay with Cupid for good, the lovers gazing at each other among clouds and doves.

Source, LACMA

Object details

Title: The Reunion of Cupid and Psyche
Artist: Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours
Date: c. 1790
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.2000.179.30)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1108
Original image: 2100 × 1837 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours. The Reunion of Cupid and Psyche. c. 1790. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.2000.179.30). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1108/