Tapestry: The Abandonment of Psyche

With arms outstretched, a despairing Psyche gazes upward at the departing figure of <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 441, event);">Cupid, who arches his back in flight against gray clouds. A trio of naiads, or water <span class="text-link" onclick="javascript:link(84, 500, event);">nymphs, witness the event, their eyes following Cupid's aerial departure. As Cupid leaves Psyche, she finds herself in a remote and stony wilderness, its lack of hospitality tempered only by the source of a spring whose cascading water becomes a stream.  

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 Psyche at the Basketmakers.