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Mercury and Psyche

Mercury and Psyche, Adriaen de Vries, 1593 (V&A Museum).  The winged messenger of the gods, Mercury, carries Psyche to be reunited with her lover, Cupid.  The entwined figures create a sense of movement and demonstrate De Vries’s compositional skill.  The … Continue reading

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Psyche

Psyche by Francis Derwent Wood, 1908-19, in the V and A Museum.  Wood first displayed the figure as a plaster work at the royal Academy in 1908.  Its style is indebted to Italian Renaissance and contemporary French sculpture.  Psyche was … Continue reading

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