Study for Cupid and Psyche
Assistant or Pupil of Pierre Paul Prud'hon French
Not on view
Although previously thought to be by the neo-classical painter Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, this female nude was actually drawn by his assistant or pupil. A comparison of the Lehman sheet with a drawing by Prud’hon of the same figure in a slightly different pose has led us to surmise that Prud’hon’s assistant worked from the same model right alongside the great master, a lesson in itself. It appears that Prud’hon posed his model as a preparatory exercise toward a now lost painted composition of the star-crossed couple.
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