Amor und Psyche, als Kleinkinder beieinander liegend

Title

Amor und Psyche, als Kleinkinder beieinander liegend

Draughtsman

• Anthony van Dyck ?

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• chalk
• handmade paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing
• chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): [unleserlich]

Watermark

• Traube [?]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Cupid and Psyche
• Cupid
• Psyche

Primary

• 92D1921(+1) story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25) (+ early life, prime youth)
• 92D18(BLINDFOLD) attributes of Cupid: blindfold

Alternative Attribution

• Theodor van Thulden ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• French, 18th century ? draughtsman; by note on mount
• Jean-Antoine Watteau circle; draughtsman; by note on mount