Caption
Psyche Collects Golden Wool, Story of Amor and Psyche, print, Series number, 23, 32, Venus instructs Psyche to collect wool from a flock of sheep with a golden fleece. On the left, Venus points Psyche towards the sheep on the other side of a river. On the right, Psyche with the sheep and among the reeds that whispered advice to her on how to collect the wool. Italian text in two cartouches in the lower margin. Numbered twice lower left: 23., number: '11', collector's mark: 'Hinloopen', printmaker: Master of the Dice, Italy, after design by Michiel Coxie (I), publisher: Antonio Salamanca, Rome, c. 1530 - c. 1560, Master of the Dice, Michiel Coxie (I), Antonio Salamanca, printmaker, after design by, publisher, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, engraving with plate tone, height 203 mm x width 235 mm, A detailed engraving shows two figures standing on a rocky ledge beside a group of trees, one figure partially draped and pointing toward the right while the other stands close behind with clothing gathered at the waist; a winding path or stream runs from their foreground into the middle distance where a robed figure walks toward tall stalked plants and a smaller figure reaches from within those plants; nearby another person crouches beside a herd of resting sheep under trees; the sky is filled with horizontal lined clouds and the landscape includes rolling hills, scattered shrubs, grasses, and textured foliage throughout.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A83_025
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