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The Wedding Banquet of Cupid and Psyche
(Renaissance Europe )
In the clouds above Mount Olympus, the gods celebrate the marriage of the winged God of Love to Psyche, who is seated to the right. Jupiter, in the center, holds a thunderbolt, and three winged Horae scatter flowers over the assembled guests.
Provenance
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Fountaine (?); Martin Hecksher, Stockholm, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, London, May 4-6, 1898, lot 296; J. and S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt am Main, May 4, 1898, by purchase; John Pierpont Morgan, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2007-2008 | Déjà Vu? The Repeating Image in Renaissance and Baroque Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1994 | Artful Dining: The Exhibition. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1914 | Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1914. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 20 1/2 x W: 15 3/8 in. (52 x 39 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1919
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.201