Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.

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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2011.

Psyche Contemplating the Sleeping Cupid

Artist Charles-Joseph Natoire (French, 1700 - 1777)

CultureFrench

Date1738

MediumBlack chalk with white highlights on blue paper, mounted on another sheet

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (20 x 31.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2088

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DescriptionThis drawing depicts Psyche kneeling at the foot of a bed looking upon the sleeping Cupid.

Exhibition History"One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, March 2 - May 6, 1979. "France Delineated: French Works on Paper, 1650-1920", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 13 - September 12, 1993. "Grand Designs: Preliminary Drawings and Oil Sketches from The Chrysler Museum", Prints and Drawings Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, April 2 - June 22, 1994 Published ReferencesEric M. Zafran. _One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Norfolk,VA: 1979, No. 45, p. 22; No. 45, n.p., black and white illustration.