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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.
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
  • 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.