吉庸姆‧賽伊涅克（Guillaume Seignac, 1870-1924）是十九世紀晚期的學院派畫家。他擅長描繪希臘羅馬神話中的女性，並經常以女性形象來表達「自信」、「虛榮」等抽象概念。

現藏於奇美博物物館的【賽姬甦醒】以希臘羅馬神話中賽姬（Psyche）的故事為題材，講述賽姬因打開冥后波塞芬妮（Persephone）裝有青春靈藥的盒子陷入沉睡，最後由愛人丘比特（Cupid）喚醒的愛情故事。畫中赤裸的賽姬站立在床邊，身後一對綴有金色紋路的藍色蝴蝶翅膀是她的傳統形象。賽姬雙眼微開，揚著頭看向畫面左上側，撫著金髮的左手和彎曲上抬至頸部的右手，展現她剛自沉睡中甦醒伸展肢體的慵懶樣貌。她揚起的頭部拉長了頸部線條，上舉的左手亦拉長了其身形線條，凸顯其優雅的體態。此外，略向左偏的頭和上半身，更與一腳直立、一腳彎曲致使骨盆傾斜的古典相對姿勢（contrapposto）形成完美的S形曲線，將賽姬塑造成典雅的古典雕像。

畫家將賽姬安置在掛有白色帷幕和鋪著白色床罩的臥房中，其潔白的色調配合來自左上方的光線賦予了畫面明亮的氛圍，襯托出賽姬白裡透紅的粉嫩肌膚與典雅優美的體態，同時又搭配深淺不一的紅色系玫瑰更加凸顯出畫面嬌嫩、柔美的氣息。賽伊涅克遵循賽姬故事中的時代背景，添加了愛奧尼克式（Ionic）柱子和白布上的卵形紋飾等古希臘元素。此外，為增加畫面的裝飾性與華麗性，賽伊涅克更描繪了木床上的紋飾和鋪在地上的獸皮。(徐鈺涵)

Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924) was an Academism artist from the late 19th century. He was especially talented in depicting female characters from Greco-Roman mythology. He often used female forms to represent “confidence,” “vanity.” and other abstract concepts.

The Awakening of Psyche is currently part of the Chimei collection. The theme is the character Psyche from Greco-Roman mythology. It depicts the moment that Psyche is awakened by her lover Cupid after falling into a deep sleep when she opens a box containing the Beauty of Persephone, Queen of the Dead. In the painting, a nude Psyche is standing next to a bed. Appearing from her back is a pair of golden-patterned, blue butterfly wings, part of her traditional representation. Psyche's eyes are slightly open with her head turned up, looking to the left. Her left hand is stroking her long golden hair while her right arm is lifted up to her neck as she stretches herself languidly after awakening from a deep sleep. Her slightly up-tilted head emphasizes and extends the line of her neck while the lifted left arm elongates the lines of her torso and enhances her graceful posture. In addition, her head and upper body turns slightly to the left, forming a classic contrapposto pose. The perfect S-contour shapes Psyche into an elegant classical sculpture.

The artist places Psyche in a bedroom with white curtains and white bedcovers. The pure white tone along with the light coming from the top left give off a bright atmosphere and complements the delicate pink skin and graceful posture of Psyche. The roses in varied tones of red and pink add to the delicacy and refinement of the scene. Seignac stays true to the background of the story and adds Ionic columns and oval patterns on white cloth common in ancient Greece. To add decoration and a sense of splendor to the scene, Seignac even depicts patterns on the wooden bed and the animal skin on the floor. (Yu Han HSU)