Dromende Psyche, Léopold Flameng, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1841 - 1911

Title(s)

Dromende Psyche

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1970-452

Catalogue reference

• IFF après 1800 163

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Léopold Flameng (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Pierre Prud'hon (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts

Place

Paris

Dating

1841 - 1911

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 170 mm × width 238 mm

What

• Psyche, on her way back, opens Proserpina's casket and is overcome by sleep
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Acquisition

purchase 1970

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, dl. 7, p. 578, cat.nr. 163
• Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé de P.P. Prud'hon, p. 314
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten 1970 van het Rijksprentenkabinet