Jacques-Louis DavidFrancia, 1748–1825Amore e Psiche
Cupid and Psyche
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About the painting
Amore e Psiche (chiamato anche Cupido e Psiche) è un dipinto di Jacques Louis David; prodotto nel 1817 durante il suo periodo di esilio a Bruxelles dopo la caduta di Napoleone Bonaparte.
Durante la sua prima esposizione pubblica ad una mostra svoltasi al museo di Bruxelles, la pittura sorprese i contemporanei anche a causa di un trattamento realistico e mai banale della figura di Cupido.
Dipinto per il mecenate e collezionista Gian Battista Sommariva, la tela è oggi parte delle collezioni del Cleveland Museum of Art.
In the museum's words
David used the story of Cupid and Psyche to explore the conflict between idealized love and physical reality. Cupid, lover of the beautiful mortal Psyche, visited her nightly on the condition that she not know his identity. Cupid was usually depicted as an ideal adolescent, but here David presents him as an ungainly teenager smirking at his sexual conquest. David took inspiration from a number of ancient texts, including an obscure, recently published Greek poem by Moschus that describes Cupid as a mean-spirited brat with flashing eyes and curly hair.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 1962.37
In catalogo
Andirivieni
Esposta · 201 Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture
Cleveland Museum of Art · 28 set 2026 — oggi · Verificato
Esposta · 201 French Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture
Cleveland Museum of Art · 19 ago 2026 — 28 set 2026 · Verificato
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- Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · acquisita 7 giorni fa
- Immagine: Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Jacques-Louis David
Tutta la vita1815
Flees to Switzerland after Waterloo
After Bonaparte’s defeat at Waterloo and the Bourbon restoration he was forced to flee to Switzerland; in August of the same year he returned to France.
1815
Napoleon visits David during the Hundred Days
During the Hundred Days Napoleon visited the painter and awarded him the commander’s cross of the Legion of Honour.
1816
Exile: moves to Brussels
Exiled from France for his part in the king’s execution, despite the intercession of the police minister Élie Decazes, he settled in Brussels, where he lived for the rest of his life.
1816–1825
The Brussels years: pupils and smaller works
He trained and influenced Brussels artists such as François-Joseph Navez and Ignace Brice, painted “Cupid and Psyche,” smaller mythological scenes, portraits of Brussels citizens and Napoleonic émigrés, and, towards the end of his life, a portrait of his old friend Abbé Sieyès.
