# The Story of Psyche: 3. Psyche Discovers that Her Mysterious Lover is Eros [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DENIS, Maurice]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 395 x 275 cm ## Commentary The Story of Psyche: 3. Psyche Discovers that Her Mysterious Lover is Eros 1908 Oil on canvas, 395 x 275 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The monumental canvases depicting episodes in the adventures of Eros, the god of love, and his beloved, the mortal maiden Psyche, were created for the music room of Ivan Morozov's mansion in Moscow. They are exhibited now in the reconstructed music room in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. In panel 3 of the series, we see Psyche with the lamp raised to view her husband as not a monster but Eros. Startled Eros awakes and flies out of the window. ## Related artworks - [Cupola decoration in the Théatre des Champs Élysées \(model\)]() - [Cupola decoration in the Théatre des Champs Élysées \(model\)]() - [Cycle of The Legend of St Hubert]() - [Homage to Cézanne]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Nude with Bouquet of Violets]() - [Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle in three views]() - [Presentation in the Temple in Florence - Evening at Fiesole]() - [Presentation in the Temple in Florence - Morning at Fiesole]() - [Presentation in the Temple in Florence - The Presentation]() - [Room with the Cycle of The Legend of St Hubert]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()