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Bernard Lens, 1659–1725, British, Cupid and Psyche, between 1690 and 1699
- Title:
Cupid and Psyche
- Date:
- between 1690 and 1699
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 inches (24.1 × 33 cm) and Image: 9 1/2 x 13 inches (24.1 x 33 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "Vandyck | (the painting is at | Hampton Court)"; in graphite, lower center: "Cupid & Psyches | Proof"; in graphite, lower right: "B. Lens"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1052
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrows | beauty | bow | box | god | goddess | love | quiver | religious and mythological subject | rivers | salvaging a wreck | sleeping | story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25) | wings | wives
- Associated People:
- Psyche
Cupid - Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22742
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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