Cupid and Psyche
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
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Title:Cupid and Psyche
Artists:Jacques-Louis David
Date:1817
Style:Neoclassicism
Genre:mythological painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Cleveland, OH, US
Dimensions:184×242 cm
Copyright:Public domain
Love and Psyche or Cupid and Psyche is an 1817 painting by Jacques-Louis David, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It shows Cupid and Psyche. It was produced during David's exile in Brussels for the patron and collector Gian Battista Sommariva. On its first exhibition at the museum in Brussels, it surprised viewers with its realist treatment of the figure of Cupid.