Drawings

Venus Sending Cupid to Psyche

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.40
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 5 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (14.9 x 8.6 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on paper
Description: Design for book illustration. Venus at left, standing at base of stairs, long hair falling down her back - left arm extended towards Cupid at right. He is in long robes, holding bow and arrow, flying next to her.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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