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Lunette painting of haloed figures in robes and a nude figure processing through a colonnaded hall with a coffered ceiling, in ochre and gold tones.

Psyche entering the Portals of Olympus

A lunette-shaped painting of a procession of draped and partly nude figures, several with gold halos, moving through a colonnaded hall beneath a coffered ceiling. Warm ochre and gold tones frame a red-robed figure at center and a dark-cloaked winged figure at right.

Artist
Edward Burne-Jones
Date
1872
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 2075 px
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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1872; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Edward Burne-Jones, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Psique entrando en las puertas del Olimpo

Pintura en forma de luneta con una procesión de figuras vestidas y parcialmente desnudas, varias con aureolas doradas, que avanzan por un salón con columnas bajo un techo artesonado. Los tonos ocres y dorados enmarcan una figura de manto rojo en el centro y una figura alada de capa oscura a la derecha.

Português: Psiquê entrando nos portões do Olimpo

Pintura em formato de lunete com uma procissão de figuras drapeadas e parcialmente nuas, várias com auréolas douradas, avançando por um salão com colunas sob um teto em caixotões. Tons ocre e dourados emolduram uma figura de manto vermelho ao centro e uma figura alada de capa escura à direita.

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