Drawings
Venus Sending Cupid to Psyche
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- Date
- ca. 1866
- Accession number
- 2000.5.1550.40
- Makers
- Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
- Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (14.9 x 8.6 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Description
- Design for book illustration. Venus at left, standing at base of stairs, long hair falling down her back - left arm extended towards Cupid at right. He is in long robes, holding bow and arrow, flying next to her.
- Credit
- The Huntington
