Psyche Bringing Venus a Goblet of Water from the Fountain of Youth
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: Merry-Joseph Blondel, French, 1781–1853; active Paris, France 1802–1851
label: Manufacturer
content: Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827
notes: label: Description
content: One scene from the twelve which illustrate the story of Cupid and Psyche. This scene, containing three panels, shows a kneeling Psyche offering a goblet to a seated Venus. Cupid, leaning on his bow, stands on a pedestal in the background. The figures are within an Empire-style interior, with marble-tiled walls, columns, fountains, coffered ceiling and parquet floor. The entire scene is printed in grisaille, or shades of gray.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Wallcoverings Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Elizabeth Werter and Henry Trevor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2013-9-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Object Name
content: Scenic
label: Type
content: Scenic
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block printed on handmade paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 182.9 x 137.2 cm (6 ft. x 54 in.)