Psyche2.0322

Psyche2.0322_Etty

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Apuleius Met. 4-6.

William Etty, 1787-1849, "Sketch of Venus and Psyche," oil on canvas, York Museums Trust.

Etty imposed Venus into Psyche's relationship with Cupid, see Psyche2.0321_Etty, but here the goddess embraces Psyche fondly, as Apuleius has her do late in her life.

Two figures, one in a white dress and the other winged, stand against a landscape, likely a classical painting detail

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.