Plate 11: Psyche standing offering presents to her sisters who also appear on the clouds in the upper right. 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 227 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.53
Summary
(Folio 15, recto, lower right print) Plate 11: Psyche standing offering presents to her sisters who also appear on the clouds in the upper right. 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 with two columns of description along bottom 'Le sorelle l du caso udito ... falle al dirupaso speco'; 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