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Clément Belle
Psyche Contemplating Cupid1792

Not on view
Large woven tapestry with gold border, depicting richly robed figures around a reclining woman on a daybed, flanked by standing allegorical figures and a flower-filled urn
Artist or Maker
Clément Belle
France, Paris, 1722 - 1806
Designer
Michel-Henri Cozette
France, 1754-1822
Manufacturer
Gobelins Manufactory
France, active from 1662
Title
Psyche Contemplating Cupid
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1792
Medium
Wool and silk tapestry weave
Dimensions
146 1/2 × 119 × 1/4 in. (372.11 × 302.26 × 0.64 cm) Height (Proper Right Edge): 146 1/4 in. (371.48 cm) Height (Proper Left Edge): 146 1/4 in. (371.48 cm) Height (Center - Vertical): 146 1/2 in. (372.11 cm) Length (Top Edge): 118 3/4 in. (301.63 cm) Length (Bottom Edge): 118 5/8 in. (301.31 cm) Length (Center - horizontal): 119 in. (302.26 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Paul Getty
Accession Number
51.36.7
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.