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Lunette painting of haloed figures in robes and a nude figure processing through a colonnaded hall with a coffered ceiling, in ochre and gold tones.

Psyche entering the Portals of Olympus

A lunette-shaped painting of a procession of draped and partly nude figures, several with gold halos, moving through a colonnaded hall beneath a coffered ceiling. Warm ochre and gold tones frame a red-robed figure at center and a dark-cloaked winged figure at right.

Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1872
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 2075 px
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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1872; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Edward Burne-Jones, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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