# Psyche Surprising the Sleeping Cupid

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LAGRENÉE, Louis-Jean-François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, diameter 121 cm

## Commentary

This painting and its pendant Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan were commissioned to decorate the bedroom of Louis XV, King of France \(1715–1774\), at the Château de Bellevue \(near Paris\).

## Related artworks

- [Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/allegory-on-the-death-of-the-dauphin-re2ad8c5abe9c10>)
- [Aurora&#39;s Take Off](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/auroras-take-off-r9defc965cf06e8>)
- [Bacchus and Ariadne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/bacchus-and-ariadne-r4fae0ee3e86b2a>)
- [Ceres and Triptolemus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/ceres-and-triptolemus-r7969b3da66d1bb>)
- [Charles and Ubalde](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/charles-and-ubalde-r322a25c5747866>)
- [Cupid and Psyche](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/cupid-and-psyche-r13a3255dd817c8>)
- [David and Bathsheba](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/david-and-bathsheba-r8b714b78aa0fec>)
- [Diana and Endymion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/diana-and-endymion-rd25b1860fef5da>)
- [Justice and Clemency](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/justice-and-clemency-rc0de91f58c0f67>)
- [Love Consoling Painting from the Critics of her Enemies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/love-consoling-painting-from-the-critics-of-her-enemies-r4c9b32a0213555>)
- [Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/mars-and-venus-surprised-by-vulcan-r58957ac5a20031>)
- [Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-louis-jean-franois-rc50822b2aed775/mars-and-venus-surprised-by-vulcan-ra74aa099abd9db>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)