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Psyche is convinced by her sisters, Story of Cupid and Psyche, print, Series number, 12, 32, Psyche is convinced by her two sisters that she did not sleep with Cupid but with a poisonous snake. Top right, the two sisters being brought to Psyche by Zephyrus (the personification of the west wind). Italian text in two cartouches in the bottom margin. Numbered twice bottom left: 12., printmaker: Master of the Dice, Italy, after design by Michiel Coxie (I), c. 1530 - c. 1560, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, engraving with plate tone, height 197 mm x width 228 mm, A detailed black and white engraving showing three draped women in classical robes seated and leaning on a stone bench inside an interior with heavy curtains and a fluted column; one woman sits upright with an arm extended and a hand resting on her lap, another beside her gestures with a finger while looking toward the third, and the third woman leans forward from the bench edge with one hand on the seated woman's shoulder and the other holding fabric; to the right, a vertical panel opens to an exterior scene with a shoreline where two small sailing boats float and two tiny standing figures face the water, above which two reclining figures rest on a cloud; the floor in the foreground is tiled, and decorative scrollwork and lines of printed script appear along the lower margin.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A93_310

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38.9Mo (6.0Mo) / 33.5cm x 29.0cm / 3962 x 3429 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Psyche convinced sisters Story Cupid print Series number 12 32 two sisters sleep poisonous snake Top right Zephyrus personification west wind Italian text two cartouches bottom margin Numbered twice bottom left printmaker Master Dice Italy design Michiel Coxie I c 1530 - c 1560 paper engraving intaglio printmaking technique plate tone height 197 mm x width 228 mm detailed black white showing three draped women classical robes seated leaning stone bench inside interior heavy curtains fluted column woman sits upright arm extended hand resting lap another beside gestures finger looking third third woman leans forward bench edge hand seated woman's shoulder holding fabric right vertical panel opens exterior scene shoreline two small sailing boats float two tiny standing figures face water two reclining figures rest cloud floor foreground tiled decorative scrollwork lines printed script lower margin