Psyche mit der Lampe (Psyche with the Lamp), Plate 6 from the portfolio Amor und Psyche (Cupid and Psyche), Opus Va
Max Klinger, Psyche mit der Lampe (Psyche with the Lamp), Plate 6 from the portfolio Amor und Psyche (Cupid and Psyche), Opus Va, 1880, etching and aquatint on paper, Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, public domain, 77.28.1f
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- Title
Psyche mit der Lampe (Psyche with the Lamp), Plate 6 from the portfolio Amor und Psyche (Cupid and Psyche), Opus Va
- Related Titles
original language: Psche mit der Lampe
series (original language): Amor und Psyche, Opus Va
series (translated): Amor and Psyche, Opus Va
translated: Psyche with the Lamp
- Artist
- Date
1880
- Medium
etching and aquatint on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 10 1/16 in x 6 7/8 in; plate: 14 7/16 in x 10 7/8 in; sheet: 16 11/16 in x 12 7/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 6, printed, lower right in plate
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund
- Accession Number
77.28.1f
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Max Klinger illustrated Apuleius’s tale in which Cupid falls in love with the princess Psyche in a suite consisting of forty-six plates. The prints detail the story of clandestine love, jealousy, and heartbreak, and the ultimate triumph of love. This selection of plates from the opus demonstrates Klinger’s virtuoso use of etching and his masterful sense of composition and drama.
- Exhibitions
2002 Setting the Scene: Interior Portland Art Museum
2012 Mythologia: Gods, Heroes, and Monsters Portland Art Museum