Wallpaper Design: Reconciliation of Venus and Psyche

Joseph Dufour, Merry-Joseph Blondel1815

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Venus and Psyche embracing at center of composition. Cupid leaning on Venus' throne looks on at right foreground. Three unidentified maidens in right background. Neoclassical architectural setting includes pavilion with Ionic columns and arcade with Doric columns.

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Title: Wallpaper Design: Reconciliation of Venus and Psyche
Creator: Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851, Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827
Date Created: 1815
Location Created: Paris, France
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/201924
Medium: Graphite, black, white chalk, brush and black ink on brown coated paper mounted to paperboard
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian H. Aall and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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