Cupid and Psyche

Jacques-Louis David

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts two nude figures, a man and a woman, lying on a bed. The man is on the left, with short brown curly hair, and white wings behind his back. He is sitting up with one hand on his hip and the other on the woman's leg. The woman is lying down on her back with her right arm behind her head and her left arm relaxed by her side. She has short blonde hair and white wings behind her back. The bed has a blue and gold frame with stars and a gold and white mattress. A brown sheet is draped over the man and the woman. The bed frame is adorned with gold accents and a bow and quiver of arrows are on the floor beside it. The background features a window with a view of a mountainous landscape and a blue sky with clouds. There is a red curtain draped around the bed and a green floor.