Plate 28:Psyche wanting to appear more beautiful opens the box, Cupid arrives in the upper right, and at left his arrow has pierced Psyche who has fallen to the ground. 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
194 x 228 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.45
Summary
(Folio 13, recto, lower right print) Plate 28:Psyche wanting to appear more beautiful opens the box, Cupid arrives in the upper right, and at left his arrow has pierced Psyche who has fallen to the ground. 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 'Dato a Cerbero Psiche l'altro pane, ...'; lower right '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