The Story of Psyche: 3. Psyche Discovers that Her Mysterious Lover is Eros
by DENIS, Maurice, Oil on canvas, 395 x 275 cm
The monumental canvases depicting episodes in the adventures of Eros, the god of love, and his beloved, the mortal maiden Psyche, were created for the music room of Ivan Morozov’s mansion in Moscow. They are exhibited now in the reconstructed music room in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
In panel 3 of the series, we see Psyche with the lamp raised to view her husband as not a monster but Eros. Startled Eros awakes and flies out of the window.