Plate 15: Psyche relating her misfortunes to her sisters, in the upper left the sisters fall off a precipice - 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
198 x 230 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.52
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_M-44-31
Summary
(Folio 15, recto, lower left print) Plate 15: Psyche relating her misfortunes to her sisters, in the upper left the sisters fall off a precipice - 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, lettered along bottom 'Arriva Pische ai regne dele suore, ... '; lower centre '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