The painting by French artist Jacques Louis David “Cupid and Psyche” is written in the hedonistic taste of the time of the Empire. She continues a series of paintings written in a jocular and laid-back tone that sings of amorous pleasures, friendly revelries and frivolity. The plot of the picture is the famous myth of Cupid and Psyche.
Cupid loves Psyche, which is the personification of the spiritual essence of man. Psyche was often portrayed as a young girl with wings or butterflies. David also gave her a human face, but he also painted flying over a butterfly in love, as a reminder of the ancient Greek depiction of Psyche. The butterfly was also a symbol of the soul. The soul in translation from the Greek is Psyche. Cupid loved her so much, did not stop his persecution, for which Psyche sometimes took revenge, but nevertheless there was a tender love between them. Later, in their marriage, Pleasure was born.
The picture shows the moment when Psyche spent the night with Cupid, promising not to look at him and not to question anything. Special sensitivity and ambiguity gives in the picture a victorious and cunning smile Cupid, because nothing is alien to young lovers. The bed of lovers is draped with beautiful fabrics, the mountain landscape is visible outside the window at dawn. The snow-white beautiful body of the girl is as if glowing in the morning twilight. Psyche is still basking in a loving couch, resting from the night of love.
Cupid according to the tradition is depicted with wings, next to it is a bow with arrows that amaze lovers. The dark coloring of the painting emphasizes the light and charming bodies of young lovers. The picture is saturated with romance, bordering on eroticism.
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