Psyche's Entrance into Cupid's Palace [right fragment] from the Story of Psyche

1. Possibly commissioned by the French crown for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and woven between July 12, 1756 and March 18, 1758 OR possibly commissioned by Cottin (possibly Jean Cottin, also known as Jean-Baptiste Cotton de Houssayes, a medical doctor and the librarian of the Sorbonne) and woven between September 5, 1761 and April 23, 1763; an unidentified European nobleman; William T. Blodgett (1823-1875), New York, from 1871; by descent to his daughter, Miss Eleanor Blodgett (1855-1930), New York, by 1875; sold to French & Company, New York, February 26, 1917; sold to Charles Deering (1852-1927), as a pair but individually framed, December 17 or 18, 1918 [recorded in Copies of Bills from French and Co. to Deering Collection; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his two daughters, Marion Deering (Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, 1886-1965) and Barbara Deering (Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1888-1987), 1927; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, Selected Works of Eighteenth Century French Art in the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 24–Mar. 28, 1976.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Tapestries from the Permanent Collection, June 30–Sept. 30, 1979.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestry, Nov. 1, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design, May 18, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019.

• Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), 199, plate 314 a.
• Bremer-David 1997, pp. 117, 119 n. 44.
• Koenraad Brosens, ed., Christa C. Mayer Thurman, gen. ed., European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat., [exhibition: "The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago"] (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008) 278-283, cat. 46B.

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)

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Boy with a Carrot

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Study of a Triton

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Academic Study of a Reclining Male Nude

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The Fisherboy

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Bathing Nymph

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Study of Valet with Coffee Pot

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Cupid and Psyche: Design for a Ceiling

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