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Oil painting in a gilded frame: a pale nude woman floats diagonally through a dark, smoky space while draped figures lean into a glowing haze on the left.

Psyche walks past the Fates undeterred

A pale nude female figure drifts diagonally across a dark, smoky background, her arm raised and drapery streaming behind her. To the left, two or three shrouded, draped figures lean into a glowing haze, rendered in oil with strong chiaroscuro and set in a heavy gilded frame.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1780
Medium
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Size
2736 × 3648 px
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