Tapestry: Psyche at the Basketmakers

A bearded man, the god <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 508, event);">Pan, assists a disheveled Psyche down an earthen path in a wooded vale. They approach two seated women--the goddess <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 436, event);">Ceres, her right arm outstretched, and her daughter <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 515, event);">Proserpine. The two goddesses are surrounded by sheaves of wheat and wicker baskets. In the lower left corner, a nanny goat, one of Pan's attributes, seems to look toward its master. At the top of the tapestry, set into the expansive sky, is a <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 1414, event);">gilt cartouche bearing the royal <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 553, event);">coat of arms of France and the Kingdom of Navarre (a region of southwest Europe).  

This tapestry forms part of a series which tells the mythological story of Psyche; the others in this series include The Toilette of Psyche, Psyche at Cupid’s Palace, and The Abandonment of Psyche.