The story of Cupid and Psyche: the wedding feast of Cupid and Psyche, with Jupiter, Venus and other gods. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.
- Coxcie, Michel, 1499-1592.
- Date:
- [between 1500 and 1599]
- Reference:
- 2952300i
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About this work
Publication/Creation
[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [between 1500 and 1599]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 19.7 x 23.7 cm
Lettering
Fansi le nozze splendide, & reali... spargon l'Hora / Fioretti intorno di soave odore.
Bears numbers: 31 (shaded) and 31 (in clear)
Edition
['Raphael invenit' state a].
Creator/production credits
One in a series of prints after drawings attributed when first published to Raphael, but attributed by Vasari to Michiel Coxie. The engraving is attributed to the Master of the Die on the evidence of his monogram on the earliest state of two of the plates (nos. 6 and 9)
References note
Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Vienna 1813, vol. XV, no. 69.31, p. 223
G.B. Pezzini, S. Massari, S.P. Valenti Rodinò, Raphael invenit, Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 1985, p. 256, no. 31a and p. 823
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2952300i
Notes
The thirty-first in a series of prints of Cupid and Psyche
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Where to find it
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