Psyche on the Cliff

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A woman stands facing forward on a rocky crag while behind her the sun begins to set over the sea

Psyche on the cliff.

(Facing p. 12.)

Artist

Name:: Klinger, Max
Dates:: 1857-1920
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library

Book

Title:: Amor und Psyche
Author:: Apuleius
Publisher:: Munich: Theo. Stroefer's Kunstverlag, n.d. [1880]
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A woman stands facing forward on a rocky crag, her hands drawn close in a gesture of distress and inner turmoil, while behind her the sun begins to set over the sea.

The caption reads in the original German: Psyche auf dem Felsen.

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