Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

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Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

After a cartoon by François Boucher (1703–1770)LinkedCulture matchlcp-ec391d2dceae

Date
1756/63
Medium
Wool and silk; tapestry weave
Culture
Beauvais
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
49225

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A delicate lilting sensibility suffuses this tapestry inspired by ancient Roman mythology. Beautiful young attendants of the gods and goddesses, known as nymphs, play music to celebrate the arrival of Princess Psyche at Cupid's palace. Cupid, the god of love, hid Psyche from the envious gaze of his mother, Venus, the goddess of beauty and fruitfulness. The graceful forms of the nymphs' bodies complement the soaring architecture of the palace interior. The flower garland wrapped around the column, as well as the lush folding of the figures' garment and the rug, further enhance the sensorially rich world the tapestry depicts. Unsurprisingly, contemporary operatic interpretations of the story of Cupid and Psyche influenced François Boucher's design.

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Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
Provenance
Possibly commissioned by the French crown for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and woven between July 12, 1756 and March 18, 1758 OR possibly commissioned by Cottin (possibly Jean Cottin, also known as Jean-Baptiste Cotton de Houssayes, a medical doctor and the librarian of the Sorbonne) and woven between September 5, 1761 and April 23, 1763; an unidentified European nobleman; William T. Blodgett (1823-1875), New York, from 1871; by descent to his daughter, Miss Eleanor Blodgett (1855-1930), New York, by 1875; sold to French & Company, New York, February 26, 1917; sold to Charles Deering (1852-1927), as a pair but individually framed, December 17 or 18, 1918 [recorded in Copies of Bills from French and Co. to Deering Collection; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his two daughters, Marion Deering (Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, 1886-1965) and Barbara Deering (Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1888-1987), 1927; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.

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