Plate 21: Female personifications of Sorrow and Pain at right punishing Psyche on the order of Venus who sits at 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
198 x 230 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.62
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_M-44-43
Summary
(Folio 18, recto, upper left print) Plate 21: Female personifications of Sorrow and Pain at right punishing Psyche on the order of Venus who sits at 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 lefrt: Numbered twice in lower left, lettered in two columns along bottom 'In questo per trovar l'alato amante ...'; 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