Giovanni David, 1770 - Curious Psyche - fine art print

The 18th century piece of art Curious Psyche was painted by the male artist Giovanni David. The version of the masterpiece was painted with the size - Plate: 11 3/16 × 7 1/2 in (28,4 × 19 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 15/16 in (32 × 22,7 cm). Etching and aquatint; corrected proof with notations in pen and brown ink was used by the European painter as the medium of the piece of art. What is more, the piece of art is included in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital art collection. This classic art public domain masterpiece is being included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1976. Creditline of the artwork: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1976. The alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.4, which implies that the length is 29% shorter than the width.

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The mortal princess Psyche was so beautiful that she was worshipped in place of Venus. Cupid, sent by his angry mother to make Psyche fall in love with the vilest man on earth, fell in love with her himself and installed her in his enchanted palace. David depicts the moment when Psyche's lamp reveals that her mysterious lover is Eros. Presently, the god of love will be awakened by a drop of oil and flee.David may have been the first Italian to take up the new medium of aquatint, which allowed him to imitate the subtle tonal effects of a wash drawing.