Venus and Cupid in the forge of Vulcan by Frans Floris, Frans Floris the Elder or Frans Floris de Vriendt 1517 – 1570 Flemish painter Northern Renaissance Romanism Antwerp Belgian Belgium

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The Story Psyche is so beautiful that the jealous goddess Venus commands her son Cupid to make her fall in love with an unworthy man. However, Cupid falls in love with Psyche himself.

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