Plate 8: Psyche seated at a table and attended by invisible servants, two women to left, one with her hand to a plate on the table, four men standing to right holding an open book and a lute, Eros reclining beside the goddess to right with his chin on her shoulder. 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 230 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.55
Summary
(Folio 16, recto, upper right print) Plate 8: Psyche seated at a table and attended by invisible servants, two women to left, one with her hand to a plate on the table, four men standing to right holding an open book and a lute, Eros reclining beside the goddess to right with his chin on her shoulder. 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
Below image.: Two cartouches below image, numbered twice at left with '8', with two four-line verses: 'Indi a poco leuata, & riuestita... Vu è di più uoci un grato, & belconcento', with publication line at bottom right of image: '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