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Footed Dish with Venus Accusing Psyche of Impiety
(Renaissance Europe )
This tazza depicts a scene from the story of Cupid and Psyche by the Roman writer Lucius Apulius (ca. 123-ca 170). Psyche, a king’s daughter, is so beautiful that all who see her sense something divine in her features and accord her the honors due the goddess Venus. When Venus hears of this she is outraged and accuses Psyche of impiety. She instructs her son Cupid, god of love, to make Psyche fall in love with someone who will bring her sorrow.
Provenance
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Andrew Fountaine, Narford Hall, Norfolk, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, London, June 16, 1884, lot 126; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 13/16 x 8 7/16 in. (9.7 x 21.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
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.
44.170