HISTOIRE DE PSYCHÉ by DESFOSSE KARTH, after "MAISON LEROY - Lot 543

HISTOIRE DE PSYCHÉ by DESFOSSE KARTH, after "MAISON LEROY Psyché au bain : Lés 5-8 - Psyché recueie par un vieillard : Lés 16-17 - Psyché revenant des enfers : Lé 22 - Réunion de Psyché et de l'Amour : Lé 26 Mechanical paper, with grey brushed background and grisaille decoration. Reissue of the wallpaper published by Dufour. 8 Sheets of 53 cm - L : 424 cm 20th century. 53.5 x 181.5 cm 182.5 x 214 cm 182.5 x 107 cm 20th century. The original series of this famous wallpaper was produced by Manufacture Dufour in 1815. Louis Lafitte (1770-1828) and Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853) created the composition after François Gérard (1770-1837) and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823), authors of the model. The set was designed and engraved by Xavier Mader (1789-1830). The twelve tableaux in the story of Psyché are based on Jean de La Fontaine's novel Les amours de Psyché et Cupidon (1669), itself inspired by Apulée's tale L'Âne d'or (2nd century). Its originality lies in the twelve-panel composition illustrating the cycle, which can be divided into several scenes. The success of this panoramic was considerable, as it was reprinted throughout the 19th century and again in the early 20th century by Manufacture Desfossé et Karth. Cf: Papiers peints Panoramiques 1790-1865, exhibition Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs September 18 1990- January 20 1991, p.262, n°4.