Cupid and Psyche
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Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses, written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis. The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche and Cu
Psyche and Amor, also known as Psyche Receiving Cupid's First Kiss (1798), by François Gérard: a symbolic butterfly hovers over Psyche in a moment of innocence poised before sexual awakening.
Psyche Honoured by the People (1692–1702) from a series of 12 scenes from the story by Luca Giordano
Psyche's Wedding (Pre-Raphaelite, 1895) by Edward Burne-Jones
Psyche Showing Her Jewelry to Her Sisters (Neoclassical, 1815–16), grisaille wallpaper by Merry-Joseph Blondel
Feast of the Gods (art)
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The Feast of the Gods or Banquet of the Gods as a subject in art showing a group of deities at table has a long history going back into antiquity. Showing Greco-Roman deities, it enjoyed a revival in
The Golden Apple of Discord at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Jacob Jordaens, 1633, 181 cm × 288 cm (71 in × 113 in), oil on canvas
Cassone panel by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, 1490s, with the story of Priapus and Lotis at bottom right corner
The Feast of the Gods, Giovanni Bellini and Titian (1514–1529), also with Priapus and Lotis, also bottom right
Raphael's panel in the Loggia of Psyche at the Villa Farnesina, Cupid and Psyche