Psyche in the Underworld (Psyche Obtaining the Elixir of Beauty from Proserpine)

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Psyche in the Underworld (Psyche Obtaining the Elixir of Beauty from Proserpine)

France, circa 1735-1739
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 101 7/8 × 65 3/4 in. (258.76 × 167.01 cm) Frame: 113 × 77 × 6 in. (287.02 × 195.58 × 15.24 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2001.80)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Possibly commissioned by Louis-Denis de La Live de Bellegarde (1679–1751) for his Château de La Chevrette, Saint-Denis, near Paris.

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Possibly commissioned by Louis-Denis de La Live de Bellegarde (1679–1751) for his Château de La Chevrette, Saint-Denis, near Paris. Private collection, France. [Marc Blondeau and Associates, sold in 2001 to]; LACMA.


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Bibliography

  • Jeromack, Paul. "High Taste, Low Budget." Art & Auction 24, no.2 (2002): 84-93.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Jeromack, Paul. "High Taste, Low Budget." Art & Auction 24, no.2 (2002): 84-93.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.

  • "A Selection of 2002 Museum Acquisitions." Apollo 156, no. 490 (December 2002): 15-46.

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