Detail View: The AMICA Library: L'Amour et Psyché
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1962.37
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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David, Jacques-Louis
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1748 - 1825
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Jacques Louis David
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Title:
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Cupid and Psyche
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Title Type:
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Primary
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Title:
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L'Amour et Psyché
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Title Type:
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Foreign
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1817
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Creation Start Date:
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1817
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Creation End Date:
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1817
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Processes and Techniques:
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Oil painting
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Materials Terms:
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Oil paint
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Support Materials:
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Canvas
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Classification Term:
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Oil Paintings
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Classification Scheme:
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AAT
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 184.2cm x 241.6cm
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Component Measured:
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Unframed
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Measurement Dimension:
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Height
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Measurement Value:
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184.2
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Measurement Unit:
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cm
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Component Measured:
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Unframed
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Measurement Dimension:
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Width
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Measurement Value:
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241.6
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Measurement Unit:
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cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1962.37
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Inscriptions:
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signed at right: L. DAVID 1817./ BRUXELLES
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Rights:
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Context:
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Venus, her jealousy inflamed by Psyche's beauty, sent Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with the most despicable man she might happen to meet. But Cupid himself fell in love with Psyche and brought her to his palace, where he made love to her every night. The painting shows Cupid leaving at dawn so that the sleeping Psyche could never know his identity. This picture was painted while the artist was in exile in Brussels. The work's eroticism is a departure from David's earlier sober and moralizing pictures.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1962.37.tif
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