Aphrodite, envious of Psyche’s beauty, demands her abandonment on a mountain. Eros saves her, but woos her in the dark, forbidding her to see him. Her jealous sisters goad her into disobedience, and she drops hot oil from a lamp onto him, whereupon he and his palace vanish.                      

Psyche, abandoned by Eros for daring to look at him, is set impossible tasks by Aphrodite, her sworn enemy. The goddess, accompanied by her doves, shuts Psyche up with a large heap of varied seeds, to be sorted out by morning. A swarm of ants assist. 

Acquired by Queen Mary, 1935