The Story of Psyche: 2. Zephyr Transporting Psyche to the Island of Delight
by DENIS, Maurice, Oil on canvas, 395 x 268 cm
The monumental canvases depicting episodes in the adventures of Eros, the god of love, and his beloved, the mortal maiden Psyche, were created for the music room of Ivan Morozov’s mansion in Moscow. They are exhibited now in the reconstructed music room in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Panel 2 of the series shows Eros employing a Zephyr to gently lift Psyche to her new home, a beautiful palace on an island in the mountains.