After Cupid and Psyche (or Allegory of Eros and Psyche) by François Gérard. A winged man and woman in an embrace below an abstract form.

Amor and Psyche

Artist Jiri Anderle (Czech, born 1936)

Date1984

MediumSoft ground, drypoint

Dimensions37 3/4 x 25 1/8 in. (95.9 x 63.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1995.27.53

Visual DescriptionAfter Cupid and Psyche (or Allegory of Eros and Psyche) by François Gérard. A winged man and woman in an embrace below an abstract form.

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