Zephyr Transporting Psyche to the Island of Delight
by Maurice Denis
Title
Zephyr Transporting Psyche to the Island of Delight
Artist
Maurice Denis
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Eros waits until Psyche is sleeping to sprinkle one of his potions on her to keep men from ever proposing marriage. When she awakens Eros is so startled by her beauty that he accidentally pricks himself with his own arrow of love. Feeling bad about what he has done, Eros then sprinkles Psyche with another potion that will give her joy throughout her life. Over time her parents fear they have offended the gods because Psyche is unable to find a husband. When they ask an oracle to reveal Psyche’s future husband he says, “while no human will have her, there is a creature on the top of a mountain that will marry her.” In Denis’ panel two, Zephyr Transporting Psyche to the Island of Delight, shows Eros employing a Zephyr to gentle lift Psyche to her new home, a beautiful palace on an island in the mountains.
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