Cupid and Psyche

Title

Cupid and Psyche

Draughtsman

• Friedrich Carl Vogel

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Vogel fc

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Cupid and Psyche
• Cupid
• Psyche

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Apuleius

Illustrated Passage

• Apuleius: Metamorphosen

Primary

• 92D1921 story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25)
• 33C231 arm in arm (lovers)
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds