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Cupid and Psyche
Giuseppe Crespi1707 - 1709
Uffizi Gallery
Florence, Italy
This painting has been in the Uffizi Gallery since 1926. The episode depicted was drawn from the Metamorphosis by Apuleius (V. 22). Cupid, in love with Psyche, appears to her under a false semblance, prohibiting her from seeing and recognizing him. Driven by curiosity, Psyche observes Cupid by the light of a lantern and accidentally awakens him. For this reason she will be abandoned by the god and punished.
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Details
- Title: Cupid and Psyche
- Creator: Giuseppe Maria Crespi Crespi
- Creator Death Place: Bologna (Italy)
- Creator Birth Place: Bologna (Italy)
- Date Created: 1707 - 1709
- Style: Baroque-Rococo / mythologic scene
- Provenance: Medici family collections in Florence
- Physical Dimensions: w2150 x h1300 mm
- Original Title: Amore e Psiche
- Type: painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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