Artist: Michiel Coxie I (Flemish, 1499 – 1592) was a painter of altarpieces and portraits, a draughtsman, and a designer of stained-glass windows, tapestries, and prints. Highly respected by his contemporaries, Coxie was given the nickname the Flemish Raphael.
Engraver: Master of the Die (Italian, 1530-1560 (fl.) Engraver of the generation after Marcantonio in Rome, work signed with a die with the letter B. Major series of the 32 plates of the story of Cupid and Psyche.
Title: Psyche's two sisters are married to kings, Psyche stands at the left accompanied by another king.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Numbered "3" lower left, lettered along the bottom with two columns of description 'Gia da dui Re le sorelle maggiori ... In matrimonio dim andarla ardina'; lower right 'Ant. Sal. exc.' The inscription is cut off and is represented here as a reference.
Dimensions: Sheet 6 1/2" x 8 5/8".
Publisher: Antonio Salamanca (Italy, 1478–1562) Print publisher and dealer in books and prints. Active in Rome.
Date: 1530–60.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Trimmed to the borderline; soiling, wear. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Adam Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur. Volume XV. P. 213. No. 41(3).
Part of: Series: The Fable of Cupid and Psyche. Plate 3/32.
Museums and Libraries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 62.635.906.
The British Museum M,44.7.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.