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Charles-Joseph Natoire
Psyche in the Underworld (Psyche Obtaining the Elixir of Beauty from Proserpine)circa 1735-1739

Not on view
Vertical oil painting of six figures in a stone archway: a crowned, trident-holding man and a seated woman offer a small vessel to a standing woman, with reclining figures below and a winged dragon above
Artist or Maker
Charles-Joseph Natoire
France, Nîmes, 1700-1777
Title
Psyche in the Underworld (Psyche Obtaining the Elixir of Beauty from Proserpine)
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1735-1739
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2001.80
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

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.


Selected Bibliography
  • 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.