Jul 12
Cupid and Psyche
Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833–1898)
Date: c. 1870
Medium: Watercolor, gouache and pastel on moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper mounted on linen
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States
Description
Here, Burne-Jones depicts the moment Cupid first encounters the sleeping Psyche and looks upon a vulnerable woman with an unrequited gaze, as described in Morris’s poem: “long he stood above her hidden eyes / With red lips parted in god’s surprise.”
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