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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.