Hiram PowersVereinigte Staaten, 1805–1873Psyche
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., Vereinigte Staaten
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- Unverändert seit
- 25. Sept. 2026
- Quelle
- Sammlungsdaten des Museums selbst
About the sculpture
According to Greek mythology, Psyche was a beautiful maiden who fell in love with Cupid. Cupid's mother, Aphrodite, was jealous of Psyche's beauty and tried to keep the lovers apart. Eventually, however, Aphrodite realized that Cupid and Psyche were destined to be together and so she made Psyche immortal. Psyche is also the Greek word for "soul" and "butterfly." In his sculpture, Hiram Powers portrays Psyche as a young woman with delicate facial features and a butterfly in her curling hair, a symbol of her transformation into womanhood. The sculpture was commissioned in 1848 by wealthy Boston merchant Ignatius Sargent, who had purchased several sculptures from Powers. Over the next fifteen years, Powers made nine marble and three plaster copies of this ideal figure.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- 1968.155.86
What it shows
Quellen
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · abgerufen vor 4 Tagen
- Bild: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
