Plate 30: Venus and Cupid pleading their case before Jupiter and other Gods, at lower right Mercury transports Psyche to the heavens. Series: Story of Cupid and Psyche.
Michiel Coxcie the Elder (Mechelen 1499 - Mechelen 1592)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1530 - 1560
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
200 x 230 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.40
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_M-44-62
Summary
(Folio 12, recto, lower left print) Plate 30: Venus and Cupid pleading their case before Jupiter and other Gods, at lower right Mercury transports Psyche to the heavens. Series: Story of Cupid and Psyche.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
Lower left: Lettered twice in lower left, along bottom two columns of description Ecco Giove espolor, come Cupido, ...'; lower left 'Ant. Sal. exc.'
Makers and roles
Michiel Coxcie the Elder (Mechelen 1499 - Mechelen 1592), creator Master of the Die (fl. 1530 - 1560), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher