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Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, Cupid and Psyche, undated
- Title:
Cupid and Psyche
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 1/16 inches (24.9 × 33.2 cm), Image: 9 9/16 × 13 1/16 inches (24.3 × 33.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, center left: "#31"
Lettered, lower left: "An: van Dyke Eques pinx"; lettered, lower center: "Cupid and Psyches"; lettered, lower right: "B Lens fe: E.Cooper ex:"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1050
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrows | beauty | bow | box | god | goddess | love | quiver | religious and mythological subject | rescue | river | sleeping | story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25) | wife | wings | youth
- Associated People:
- Psyche
Cupid - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22740
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