Cupid and Psyche
after Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas (circular)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609128
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (circular), Cupid and Psyche after Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), circa 1800. The classical female figure of Psyche leans over the sleeping Cupid. In landscape setting. Set in ceiling roundel.
Provenance
Attingham collection; 1913 Inventory p.75; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Makers and roles
after Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist