Plate 32: Cupid and Psyche together in the nuptial bed .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 225 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.56
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_M-44-66
Summary
(Folio 16, recto, lower left print) Plate 32: Cupid and Psyche together in the nuptial bed .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: Lettered twice in lower left, along bottom two columns of description 'Dopo la cena i disdiosi amanti ...'; 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