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
Daniel van den Dyck become a painter as his grandfather Nicolas Régnier bequeathed onto him all his prints, drawings and reliefs to study. Daniel van den Dyck was a versatile artist who created mythological and religious scenes, as well as portraits and flower-pieces. He also created prints after his own designs. He often signed his works by his Italian name 'Daniele vanden Dyck'. Very few of his works have survived or been identified with certainty. One of his key works, a hangs in the Church of Madonna dell'Orto in Venice, which was frequented by the Flemish community residing in the Republic. This work shows