The Bath of Psyche by Frederic Leighton
The Bath of Psyche by Frederic Leighton
The Bath of Psyche by Frederic Leighton as Fine Art Print

The Bath of Psyche by Frederic Leighton as Fine Art Print (CN25482)

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ABOUT THE WORK

The Bath of Psyche by Frederic Leighton was created in 1890 and is in Tate Modern London. The size of the work is 189,2 x 62,2 cm and is made of oil on canvas. The painting shows Psyche undressing herself in order to bathe before Cupid's arrival. She is completely self-absorbed, and her narcissism is emphasised by her reflection, captured in the smooth surface of the water. The subject of a bather and the exquisite draughtsmanship clearly pay tribute to J.A.D. Ingres (1780-1867) and especially such works as La Source (1820-56, Musée d'Orsay, Paris). The woman's pose, with arms raised to reveal her naked body, derives more specifically from the Callipygian Venus, a famous Greek statue that Leighton would have seen in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. Such a subject would have been potentially shocking to a Victorian audience, but the picture appears to have met with very few moral objections when it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1890. The Artist: Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896) was a British painter, draughtsman and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. His paintings were enormously popular, and expensive, during his lifetime, but fell out of critical favour for many decades in the early 20th century. Art Movement: Academic Classicism Location: Tate Modern London

 

ABOUT THE PRODUCT

Fine Art Printing - Giclée : To create this canvas print, the image is printed directly onto an artist-grade canvas. Our Museum Quality Prints use inks resistant to fading and allow the tonalities and hues of the original painting. Finished with a suitable colored portion in addition to the size, this canvas print provides an artistic look with depth and texture. Our prints are available either ready to hang, stretched over a wide-edged wooden frame made from high-quality timber, or in roll form. art prints on canvas stretched and rolled
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