Caption
Photo reproduction of an engraving depicting Psyche's toilet, La toilette de Psyché fac-simile d'une estampe engravée par le Maitre au Dé, Musée National du Louvre Galerie d'Apollon, reproduction, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Léon Vidal, Paris, cliché maker: Moniteur, after print by Bernardo Daddi, c. 1876 - c. 1883, Léon Vidal, Moniteur, Bernardo Daddi, photographer, cliché maker, after print by, paper, collotype, phototypie, height 193 mm x width 228 mm, Psyche is attended by invisible hands, the toilet of Psyche, A detailed engraved scene shows four women in flowing classical drapery gathered in an interior with heavy drapery and architectural elements. One woman sits on a raised seat, partially undressed, with another woman behind her arranging or holding her hair while a third woman to the right leans forward holding a bowl and a cloth. A fourth woman kneels to the left near a large vessel, reaching toward it. The background features a large tied curtain on the left, a curtained opening behind the group, and a dark paneled wall with a window and a covered urn on a pedestal to the right. The composition is framed by a decorative border and a block of printed text beneath the image.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B06_278
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48.8Mb (6.3Mb) / 14.7in x 12.9in / 4398 x 3877 (300dpi)