Cupid flies to the aid of the weeping Psyche. Engraving by J. Audran, ca. 1700, after A. Coypel, 1699.
- Coypel, Antoine, 1661-1722.
- Date:
- [1700?]
- Reference:
- 2707291i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Left, a river god. Right, winged putti watch from behind trees. The picture seems to combine more than one episode in the story. The crystal jar which is shown by the river's edge in the foreground is the one which, in Apuleius, Metamorphoses (The golden ass) VI.13, Psyche is required to use to gather water from the spring which feeds the rivers Styx and Cocytus. In V.13 Cupid comforts the weeping Psyche.
Publication/Creation
Se vend à Paris : chez Basan, [1700?]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image and border 35.8 x 48.5 cm
Lettering
Cupido Psychen accurrit suam et suscitat. Apul. Met. Lib. VI. Cupidon vient au secours de Psyché sa bien-aimée et l'eveille. Apul. Met. Lib. VI. Antonius Coypel invenit et pinxit ; Joannes Audran sculpsit
References note
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, vol. 1, Paris 1931, p. 249, J. Audran no. 3 ("'Cupidon vient au secours de Psychée sa bien-aimée et l'éveille. Apul.' Ce titre est reproduit en latin, à g. Au-dessous : 'Antonius Coypel jnuenit et pinxit — Joannes Audran sculpsit. ' H. 0m360 x L. 0m485. L'état décrit … Cet état figure dans le Cabinet Basan (tome IV). Le tableau de Coypel fut exposé au Salon de 1699 (p. 17 du livret).")
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2707291i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores