Cupid and Psyche
Print
20/07/1784 (published)
20/07/1784 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Print depicting Cupid and Psyche. Cupid sleeps on the right as Psyche stands over him holding a dagger and a lamp.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cupid and Psyche (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
| Brief description | Print depicting Cupid and Psyche. Mezzotint by Valentine Green after Antonio Bellucci, 1784. |
| Physical description | Print depicting Cupid and Psyche. Cupid sleeps on the right as Psyche stands over him holding a dagger and a lamp. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'From the Original Picture in the Dusseldorff Gallery. Salle I. Painted by Antonio Bellucci. L. Cossé del. Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty, and to the Elector Palatine. Published July 20th 1784, by V. Green and Son, No.29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.' (Lettered with title and) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
| Production | This print was made after a drawing by Cossé of the original. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.391-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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