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 PSYCHE pictures to darken, greatly to their detri- ment, Prud'bon deservedly holds a high place among the artists of his school. Works : Union of Love and Friendship (1793) ; Wisdom and Truth descending upon Earth (1800) ; Study guiding the Ef- forts of Genius (1800, ceiling in Itothschild Palace, Hue Lafitte, Paris) ; Diana implor- ing Jupiter (1803) ; Justice and Vengeance (1808) ; Venus and Adonis, Rape of Psyche, Zephyr hovering over the Water (1812); In- terview between Napoleon I. and Francis II. after Austerlitz, Sketch of the ceiling in the Diana Hall of the Louvre, Study, Assump- tion, Christ on the Cross (1822), several porti'aits of Mine. Jarre and others, Louvre ; Study guiding Genius, Angers Museum ; Two Male Portraits, Dijon Museum ; Young Girl's Head, Lille Museum ; Allegorical Fig- ures : Wealth, Art, Pleasure, Philosophy, Montpellier Museum ; France Triumphant after Restoration of Louis XVIH. (sketch to a ceiling at Dijon), Historical Society, New York ; Josephine at Malmaison ; Portrait of the King of Rome ; Andromache Weeping over the Fate of Astyanax (1817) ; Portraits of Duchess of Moutcbello, Mme. A. Talley- PSYCHE AND CUPID, Francois Gerard, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. f> ft. x 4 ft. 3 in. At left, Psyche, nearly nude, seated upon a hillock, with a butterfly fluttering above her head ; Cupid, standing before her, gives her the first kiss of love ; in background, hills. rand ; Mme. Roland. Bellier, ii. 320 ; Cle- ment, Prud'bon sa vie, ses oeuvres et sa cor- respondance (Paris, 1872) ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole franyaise ; Dohme, K. u. K. des xix. Jahrh., ii. ; Goncourt, ii. 385 ; Houssaye, 376 ; Jal, 1010; Stothert, 154; Gaz. des B. Arts (1869), ii. 377, 495 ; (1870), iii. 14, 152, 214, 329, 418, 542 ; (1870), iv. 89 ; (1874), ix. 564 ; (1879), xix. 476 ; (1879), xx. 337, 525 ; Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xx. 255. PSYCHE, Mariano Fortimy, W. H. Van- derbilt, New York. Represented as a hu- man butterfly an ethereal female figure flitting over flowers, sucking their sweets. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America. Psyche and Cupid, Francois Gerard, Louvre, Paris. Salon, 1798 ; acquired at sale of General Rapp (1822), 22,100 francs. Engraved by Godel'roi ; lithographed by A. le Comte. Cat. Louvre. PSYCHE, HISTORY OF, llaphae.l and pupils, Farncsiua, Rome ; fresco, on ceiling of Loggie. Theme from Metamorphoses (Golden Ass) of Appuleius. The myth is represented in twelve pictures, ten on the pendeutives of the arches and two (large compositions) on the flat part of the ceiling. In the fourteen lunettes of the bays are Amoriui or Cupids, with the attributes of the deities who have done homage to Love. Pendeutives : 1, Venus jealous of Psyche ; 2, Cupid showing Psyche to the Graces ; 3, Venus reproaching Juno and Ceres for pro- 481