
Bust of Psyche
Luigi Rosi
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The diaphanous nature of Psyche’s butterfly wings is indicated by small circular cuts into the translucent claret-toned layer. Anticipating customers, Luigi Rosi (apparently unrecorded apart from this piece) supplied his address in the Via Rasella near the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Most Roman carvers favored locations northwest of there, in streets between the Spanish Steps and the Piazza del Popolo.
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.