Plate 24: Venus with Psyche standing at right pointing to the underworld in the middle ground where Psyche enters. 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
195 x 226 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.51
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_M-44-50
Summary
(Folio 15, recto, upper right print) Plate 24: Venus with Psyche standing at right pointing to the underworld in the middle ground where Psyche enters. 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 once in lower left, lettered in two columns along bottom 'Dalle una bossola hor, che al negro inpero ...'; 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