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Venus zeigt Psyche dem Cupido

Date

1859

Medium

Albumen silver print

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Photograph of a spandrel that is part of the fresco by Raphael and his workshop in the Loggia of Cupid and Psyche in the Villa Farnesina. It depicts Venus as a seated nude female figure, her hand pointing into the distance, as if showing something to Cupid who is standing next to her. Cupid is shown here as a winged, nude male figure, holding an arrow. The scene is framed with elaborate festoons of various plants painted by Giovanni da Udine.

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