Psyche and Cupid are Served at a Table
Series TitleThe Fable of Cupid and Psyche
Artist After
Raphael
(Italian, 1483 - 1520)
Artist
Master of the Die
(Italian, active ca. 1530 - 1539)
Datelate 15th-early 16th century
MediumEngraving
DimensionsOverall: 7 15/16 × 9 1/4 inches (20.16 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-229
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionTwo figures at table, one winged, being served a plate by a woman on the left. Three male figures stand to the right. Drapery behind the tabled figures, and the cornices of two buildings appear in the upper, right background.Exhibition History[No known exhibitions at this time]
With Alden Galleries, Kansas City, MO, by June 1, 1933;
Purchased from Alden Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.Suzanne Boorsch and John T. Spike, The Illustrated Bartsch: Italian Masters of the Sixteenth Century, vol. 29 (New York: Abaris, 1982), no. 43.
George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 305, as The Fable of Cupid and Psyche.
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