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The story of Cupid and Psyche: Cupid reviving Psyche – Vintage Print

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Cupid reviving Psyche, [between 1870 and 1896], c1974. — antique engraving
The story of Cupid and Psyche: Cupid reviving Psyche, [between 1870 and 1896], c1974.. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with The story of Cupid and Psyche: Cupid reviving Psyche, an antique engraving rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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In this wood engraving, Cupid bends over Psyche to wake her from the deathlike sleep that follows her curiosity about the box of Proserpina. The scene comes from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel *The Golden Ass*, where the story of the mortal Psyche and the god of love is embedded as a tale of trials, transgression and divine reconciliation. The record dates the print to between 1870 and 1896, a period when wood engraving was widely used to illustrate books and magazines with classical and allegorical subjects. Viewers will notice how the engraver used fine parallel lines to model the figures and draperies.

Created / published[between 1870 and 1896], c1974.
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenreWood engravings 1970-1980.Allegorical prints 1970-1980.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,002 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161850

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