Psyché sous l'emprise du mystère, Marble sculpture in Jardin du Luxembourg, France.

Psyché sous l'emprise du mystère is a marble sculpture standing approximately 1.83 meters (6 feet) high on a stone base within the Jardin du Luxembourg. The work depicts a female figure in an expressive pose that conveys movement and inner tension.

Hélène Bertaux modelled Psyché sous l'emprise du mystère in marble and showed it at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, where it won a gold medal. The garden installation dates from 1923, four years after the sculptor's death, when the marble was placed among the Luxembourg beds. Bertaux had trained as a painter before turning to sculpture and later founded the Union des femmes peintres et sculpteurs.

The title refers to the moment Psyche, having opened the forbidden jar, is overcome by the sleep of the underworld; Bertaux shows her sinking, head thrown back, the vessel still in her hand. The marble was carved by a woman who trained other women sculptors in her Paris studio.

The sculpture stands in the Jardin du Luxembourg, in the 6th arrondissement, among the paths and lawns of the garden's western section. Entry to the garden is free, and the work can be approached on foot from the main gates on Rue de Médicis and Boulevard Saint-Michel. The ground around the base is level and paved, so it is reachable with a wheelchair or stroller.

Bertaux created several versions of her Psyche sculptures throughout her artistic career. One of these versions resides in the Petit Palais collection, demonstrating how the artist explored the subject in different interpretations.