Cupid and Psyche
by PICOT, François-Edouard, Oil on canvas, 40 x 48 cm
This painting is the reduced version of the large (233 x 291 cm) original in the Louvre. This exquisite reduction was produced for the Duc de la Rochefoucauld d’Estissac, a discriminating collector of the restoration period.
This pivotal painting in the career of the artist firmly established Picot as a painter committed to the traditions of the classical school even though modified by an awareness of his contemporary romantics.