Manufacture ZUBER in RIXHEIM. "Psyche and Cupid". Pair of gr - Lot 99

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Manufacture ZUBER in RIXHEIM. "Psyche and Cupid". Pair of gr - Lot 99
Manufacture ZUBER in RIXHEIM. "Psyche and Cupid". Pair of grisailles in wallpaper. This wallpaper was carried out by the draughtsmen and engravers Xavier Mader, Louis Lafitte and Merry-Joseph Blondel, according to the neoclassical drawings and paintings of François Gérard and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. It was printed for the first time in 1815 on a wallpaper by the DUFOUR factory. In two strips. One of the wallpapers represents Psyche, dressed in the antique style, walking in a mineral landscape, coming out of the Underworld after having recovered the bottle of ointments that Venus had asked her to fetch, in revenge for her son Cupid, betrayed by Psyche. The scene represents the moment when Psyche opens the bottle from which the smoke that will kill her is released. The other wallpaper represents the hymen of Psyche and Cupid. After Psyche's death, Cupid goes in search of her and resurrects her with one of his arrows. He takes her to Olympus where their union is celebrated by Jupiter. The scene takes place in the clouds and represents Cupid standing on a bed, holding Psyche by the waist and undoing the tie holding her outfit, both dressed in antique style. At their feet is Cupid's bow and arrows and above them a putto, perhaps representing the god Hymen, holding a wreath of flowers and marking their union. Approximately 100 x 180 cm (Accidents and chips).
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