ID: 700000333 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000333	Record Type: Movable Work
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Psyche (sculpture (visual works); designed: Auguste (René) Rodin, French, 1840–1917; carved by...; 1899; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1975.738; )

Note: Psyche was the beloved of Cupid, mischievous son of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Rodin alludes to an intimate moment in their complicated tale, when Psyche stole a secret glimpse of her sleeping lover. Rodin’s marbles were carved by professional artisans, but the sculptor supervised their execution and often added the finishing touches. The author Henry Adams (1838-1918), saw the sculpture in Paris in 1900 and bought it for his niece.

Titles:

Psyche (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

carving (visual work) [300047203]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1899

Creator Display:

designed: Auguste (René) Rodin, French, 1840–1917; carved by professional artisans under Rodin's supervision. [preferred,VP]

sculptor Rodin, Auguste (French sculptor, 1840-1917) Qualifier: studio of Extent: design [500016619]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States) [500305147] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1975.738

Credit Line: Anonymous gift in memory of Ward Thoron (1867-1938) and Louise Chapin Hooper Thoron (1874-1975)

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Stone; Marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 73.66 x 68.58 x 38.1 cm (29 x 27 x 15 in.)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Impressionist (style) [300021503] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Psyche [901002042]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Provenance: 1900, exhibited at the Exposition Rodin, Pavillion de l'Alma, Paris and purchased by Henry Adams (b. 1838- d. 1918), Boston and Washington, D.C., for his niece, Louisa Chapin Hooper (Mrs. Ward) Thoron (b. 1874- d. 1975), Boston [see note 1]; by inheritance from Mrs. Thoron to anonymous donors; 1975, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1976)

Inscriptions: Signed: at right back edge of cape: A. Rodin.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Psyche	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) accessed 3 March 2018