Plate 17:Venus chastising Cupid who sits on a bed at right, at left Venus occurs again in the company of Juno and Ceres . 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
196 x 230 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.49
Summary
(Folio 14, recto, lower right print) Plate 17:Venus chastising Cupid who sits on a bed at right, at left Venus occurs again in the company of Juno and Ceres . 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: Numbered twice lower left and lettered with two columns of description 'La Dea tornata con gran villania ... e'loro aiuto chereower 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