With arms outstretched, a despairing Psyche gazes upward at the departing figure of Cupid, who arches his back in flight against gray clouds. A trio of naiads, or water nymphs, witness the event, their eyes following Cupid's aerial departure. As Cupid leaves Psyche, she finds herself in a remote and stony wilderness, its lack of hospitality tempered only by the source of a spring whose cascading water becomes a stream.

Jean-Baptiste Oudry also assisted with this tapestry.