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Jacques-Louis David

Cupid and Psyche

1817
oil on canvas
184.2 × 241.6 cm (72.5 × 95.1 in)

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Jacques-Louis David included two butterflies in this painting: one above the slumbering Psyche and the other on the base of the couple's bed frame.

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