Drawings

Psyche Spying on Cupid

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.48
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (11.1 x 16.5 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on paper
Description: Design for book illustration. Psyche at center bent over Cupid who is sleeping on curtained bed - she holds a lamp over him. Inside bed chamber- window at left, flowers strewn on floor.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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