Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, Britishafter Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599–1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620–21; 1632–34; 1635–41)
Title:
Cupid and Psyche
Date:
between 1690 and 1699
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 inches (24.1 × 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Vandyck | (the painting is at | Hampton Court)"; lower center: "Cupid & Psyches | Proof"; lower right: "B. Lens"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1052
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
bow | box | god | goddess | love | quiver | salvaging a wreck | rivers | wives | wings | sleeping | story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25) | religious and mythological subject | arrows | beauty
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29)