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Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Three Studies of Psyche and Venus' Attendants
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© Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
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Basic Information | | Accession Number: | 1927P604 |
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| Collection: | Fine Art Prints and Drawings |
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| Date: | 1865 - 1865 |
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Maker Information | | Artist: | Sir Edward Burne-Jones - View biography for Sir Edward Burne-Jones |
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Notes | One of eleven tracings in Birmingham's collection for 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' made to accompany the poem in William Morris' 'The Earthly Paradise'.
Whitley has misidentified this drawing, as being of 'Psyche and Her Attendants in the Presence of Venus'. It is actually Venus' attendants who are bringing Psyche to the goddess, and the first attendant behind the nude Psyche is roughly handling the girl, grabbing both her wrist and shoulder. For the completed versions of this composition, see the sketchbook for the 'Cupid & Psyche' series, 1927P648, particularly number 46 (recto & verso) as well as 47 and 48.
| | Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927. |
Further Information | | Production Period: | 19th century |
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| Medium: | Pencil on tracing paper (for engraving). |
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| Material(s): | Paper |
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Associated People | | Dimensions | | Height: | 121 mm |
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| Width: | 170 mm |
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1927P648.48 - Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Rough Sketch for Psyche brought into the presence of Venus
1927P648.47 - Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Sketch for Psyche brought into the presence of Venus
1927P648.44 - Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Study for Psyche brought into the presence of Venus
1927P648.46 - Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Two Sketches for Psyche brought into the presence of Venus
1927P648.45 - Pencil Drawing - Cupid and Psyche - Two Sketches for Psyche brought into the presence of Venus, Psyche Helped by the Voice of Syrinx among the Reeds