Cupid and Psyche

Jean-Baptiste Regnault · 1828

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Soot
56% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.2:1

Pale stone
30% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1

Blue-grey
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Bronze
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

Scarlet
2% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.6:1

Mustard
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.5:1

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Regnault
Date: 1828
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 152.8 × 196 cm (60 1/8 × 77 1/8 in.); Framed: 173.4 × 215 × 8.9 cm (68 1/4 × 84 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Myths and legends
Main colour: Black · lightness 36, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Preston O. Morton Memorial Purchase Fund for Older Paintings. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Cupid and Psyche

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