Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey listening to the story told by an old woman . 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 228 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.58
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1982-U-3238
Summary
(Folio 17, recto, upper left print) Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey listening to the story told by an old woman . 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
Lettered beneath seated figures 'Si stampa e vende in Piazza Navona da Gio Battista de Rossi Milanese In Roma' and below 8 lines recounting the myth 'Narra Apuleo ... psiche la nonella.'. At 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