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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 510641, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;m always saying that someday I will be struck down for hubris, any time I disagree with an authority, such as a museum.&nbsp; But, looking again at the Saint-Ours painting, I think the subject is misidentified and that it is Venus &amp; Cupid, not Cupid &amp; Psyche.&nbsp; As noted already, the female figure is leading the action.&nbsp; Psyche is not traditionally shown with both breasts bared, while Venus is often presented this way.&nbsp; The doves off to the left side are the goddess&#039; companions, not Psyche&#039;s.&nbsp; In the painting the female is not winged and she is teasing Cupid by withholding his bow out of his reach, a common theme for Venus &amp; Cupid.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165964[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The addition of Psyche&#039;s characteristic moth-like wings turns Xristina&#039;s cameo into Cupid &amp; Psyche, but the image behind it was probably Venus &amp; her son.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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