JEANNE FRANÇOISE PALLAS PARROCEL (FRENCH, 1745-1835)

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JEANNE FRANÇOISE PALLAS PARROCEL (FRENCH, 1745-1835)
Cupid and Psyche
Signed and dated on the backing paper ‘fait par Jeanne . f. parrocel 1762’
On ivory
Rectangular, 72 x 82 mm., modern gilt-metal frame

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Lot Essay

The present miniature depicts a scene from the story of Cupid and Psyche. In one hand Psyche carries a knife, intending to slay her husband. In the other she holds aloft a lamp, the light of which reveals to her the figure of Cupid asleep.

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