36 Paintings, Olympian deities, The full story of Cupid and Psyche, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7

Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S., 1836-1919
PSYCHE

Watercolour
75 by 55cm., 29½ by 21½ in.
Private collection

There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus, instead prayed and made offerings to her. It was rumored that she was the second coming of Venus…

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