Psyche with the Lamp

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Zoom in — Psyche with the lamp.

(Facing p. 32.)

Artist

Name:: Klinger, Max
Dates:: 1857-1920
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library

Book

Title:: Amor und Psyche
Author:: Apuleius
Publisher:: Munich: Theo. Stroefer's Kunstverlag, n.d. [1880]
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Description:

Psyche is sitting on a bed with a dagger in one hand and an oil lamp in the other, with which she lights up the face and torso of a sleeping Cupid.

The caption reads in the original German: Psyche mit der Lampe.

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