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François Boucher
Cupid Wounding Psyche1741

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Horizontal oil painting in a shaped wooden frame, two reclining nude figures on blue drapery among clouds, flanked by two small winged putti with bow and flowers
Oil painting in an ornate gilt frame with a curved, kidney-like shape. A reclining nude female figure rests on blue drapery amid clouds, attended by a winged figure and a putto bearing flowers. A flying cupid with bow and arrow approaches from the left. Soft Rococo palette of pale flesh tones, blue, and white.

François Boucher, Cupid Wounding Psyche, 1741, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Hearst Magazines, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
François Boucher
France, Paris, 1703-1770
Title
Cupid Wounding Psyche
Place Made
France
Date Made
1741
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 27 × 60 × 3 in. (68.58 × 152.4 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Hearst Magazines
Accession Number
47.29.19
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Levkoff, Mary L., ed. Hearst the collector. Exh. Cat. New York: Abrams and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.
  • L'Opera Completa di Boucher. Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1980.

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