On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Psyche

Figure
ca. 1908-1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Francis Derwent Wood

'Psyche' by Francis Derwent Wood, bronze, ca. 1908-1919, on loan from Tate.

Object details

Object type
Figure
TitlePsyche
Brief description
'Psyche' by Francis Derwent Wood, bronze, ca. 1908-1919, on loan from Tate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 175cm (including base)
  • Width: 52cm
  • Depth: 40cm
Gallery label
(2021)
Francis Derwent Wood (1871–1926)
Psyche
About 1908–19

Wood first displayed Psyche, an allegorical figure who represents the soul, as a plaster work at the Royal Academy in 1908. Indebted to Italian Renaissance and contemporary French sculpture, its expressive naturalism is characteristic of the so-called New Sculpture, the dominant style in British sculpture around 1880–1910.

London
Bronze
Credit line
Lent by Tate
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
LOAN:TATE.196-2012

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Record createdNovember 29, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1257973/psyche-figure-francis-derwent-wood/
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