Cupid and Psyche (van Dyck) Cupid and Psyche (van Dyck) Cupid and Psyche is a 1638–40 painting by Anthony van Dyck. It is now in the Royal Collection and shown in Kensington Palace. Psyche may be modelled on van Dyck's mistress Margaret Lemon. One of the last in his oeuvre, it shows a marked influence of Titian and dates from his time as a court artist to Charles I of England. It is his sole surviving mythological painting from that period and possibly comes from a series of paintings on the Cupid and Psyche theme ordered for the Queen's House at Greenwich - other artists
William V. B. Van Dyck the southern tip of South America. From 1907 to 1911, he lived in Chile. As of 1909, Rutgers' alumni catalogue reported that Van Dyck was living in Valparaiso, Chile and engaged in the manufacturing business. From 1911 until 1925, he worked for General Electric in Brazil and founded the General Electric Company of Brazil. By 1916, he was reportedly a managing director of General Electric in Rio de Janeiro. He also participated in the first chess game played by "wireless" in 1923. In 1925 or 1926, he returned to the United States and was employed by International General Electric Company