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This amazing image features a photograph of Lord Leighton's painting, "The Bath of Psyche," from the Tate Museum. Based on the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, the painting depicts Psyche undressing at the edge of her bath in preparation for Cupid's arrival.
You can read more about this image and the myth that inspired it, on the Tate Museum's website at:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/leighton-the-bath-of-psyche-n01574/text-summary
About the artist, Lord Leighton, from Wikipedia:
"Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage ended with his death."
Leighton became one of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an amazing group of innovative artists, in 1860.
Source URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Leighton,_1st_Baron_Leighton
We cannot be certain of the photographer for this particular image, but we do know that Alfred Noyer, the hugely prolific publisher of French picture postcards, was also deeply involved with the Salon de Paris, the world renowned exhibitions of art that were often the making of a young, or old, painter's career. Noyer's production of cards with the images of Salon winners did much to popularize art, and make available for pennies images otherwise out of reach.
You may enjoy reading more about the relationship between photography and traditional art in our post, "Salon de Paris Nude Portrait by M. Fronti," at:
http://redpoulaine.blogspot.com/2012/10/salon-de-paris-nude-portrait-by-m-fronti.html
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This gorgeous image is in very nice condition, with barely any wear at the edges and corners. There are a few minor "age" spots across the face of the card. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, the price is the same as for a single card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, due to the costs of international shipping will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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