scalia himself commissnedthis o as an alrpce for a urchn antwerp. is van dyck's last surviving religious painti. in a constricted format, he presents the dead body of christ and ptes the full pathos of mary's intense sorrow. ter spending about a year in fl van dyck returned to england in 35 the tist chose an unusual oval format to emphasize the bond betwn en porter...and hielf. su t firmfoundation of eir lostanng fridship. n dycknlremaining mythological work from his english period, probably painted for the ng a qen, is thiwonderful poetic image representing t myth of cupid and psyche. psyche, a autiful mortal, was sent by venus to the underworld to meet with persephone and bring back a box containing the secrets of her beauty. when the curious psyche, she fellnto a deathlike trance van dyck depicts the moment cupid diovers her and reacdown to wipe the sleep from her eyes. ill e to fall in ve witcupid and be raisetoimmortit . e of t most poignant of all of vanycs painting isiesh portofwoen broughtogr to sre a tragic ss. om kilgrew res his arm on the