The Father of Psyche sacrificing at the Temple of Apollo

Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600 – Rome 1682). Oil painting on canvas, The Father of Psyche sacrificing at the Temple of Apollo by Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600 – Rome 1682), signed (on staircase on left) and dated: CLAUDIO G. . .LEE FECIT ROMA 166 (last digit illegible; possibly 1662 or 3). A tiny inscription on the left of it is illegible but was recorded in 1801 as: IL TEMPIO DI APPOLLO CLAUDIS GILLE INVEN. FECIT ROM. 1665. Temple scene at left, bridge over river at centre, landscape in background. In 1799 Beckford showed artists like Girtin, Constable and J. M. W. Turner the 'Altieri' Claudes at his London house. Turner said 'He was both pleased and unhappy while He viewed it - it seemed to be beyond the power of imitation.' Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)