# Cupid and Psyche [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GÉRARD, François]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 186 x 132 cm ## Commentary The second generation of the Neoclassical style cultivated an aestheticism of beautiful physique that seemed to be trying to discover the limits of what was feasible. The new intention was already evident in Gérard's Cupid and Psyche, which was shown in the Salon of 1798. The intention was to take physical beauty, line, composition, colour and delicacy of the handling of flesh to perfection. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 4 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/gasparini\_cupid.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Francesco Gasparini: The Meddlesome Cupid, aria</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Belisarius]() - [Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, and Her Children]() - [Corinne at Cape Miseno \(detail\)]() - [Corinne at Cape Miseno]() - [Corinne at Cape Miseno]() - [Jean-Baptist Isabey, Miniaturist, with his Daughter]() - [Madame Récamier]() - [Ossian Awakening the Spirits on the Banks of the Lora with the Sound of his Harp]() - [Portrait of Catherine Worlée, Princesse de Talleyrand-Périgord]() - [Portrait of Josephine]() - [Portrait of Madame Mère]() - [St Theresa]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()