GENTILESCHI, Orazio
(b. 1563, Pisa, d. 1639, London)
GENTILESCHI, Orazio (b. 1563, Pisa, d. 1639, London) |
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Cupid and Psyche1628-30Oil on canvas, 137 x 160 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg | ||
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The story of Cupid and Psyche is not a myth but a late antique fairy tale, by Lucius Apuleius (2nd century AD) in the Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass. Psyche was a maiden so beautiful that she aroused even Venus' envy. Cupid, sent by the goddess to arouse Psyche's love in some worthless being, fell in love with her himself.
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