Painting of a pale nude figure draped limply across the lap of another figure with pinned blond hair, set against a dark background with a teal drape.

Amor und Psyche

A pale nude figure lies limp and backward across the lap of a second figure with blond hair pinned up, against a near-black background with a teal drape at upper left. Warm light falls on the bodies and loose white cloth in this painting, with dramatic chiaroscuro.

Artist: Henry Fuseli
Date: 1810
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Size: 958 × 1200 px

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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1810; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Amor und Psyche

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