Zephyr and Psyche

c. 1820

Pierre Claude François Delorme

Associated Names
Pierre Claude François Delorme

Artist, French, 1783 - 1859

This image depicts two individuals floating in the air. The person on the left is leaning forward and looking towards the other. She has finely detailed facial features and styled hair. Draped in flowing fabric, a ribbon-like piece floats behind them. The person on the right is bare-chested, muscular, and holding a billowing cloth above them. Their hair is tousled. Both figures are suspended against a light backdrop resembling a pale sky. Below them are rocky peaks and a distant horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon-manner lithograph on wove paper [proof before title]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.6 x 15.6 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 46.9 x 30.9 cm (18 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.25.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi no. 3 [proof]

  • Series Title

    Album lithographique

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newon Centre, MA); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Zephyr et Psyché

Wikidata ID

Q76552532

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