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Venus Ordering Psyche to Sort a Heap of Grain: P.6049-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus Ordering Psyche to Sort a Heap of Grain
Fable of Psyche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Master of the Die
Publisher: Salamanca, Antonio
Painter: Sanzio, Raffaello (After)
Coxie, Michiel I (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Circa 1530 - Circa 1550

Note

State II/II, published by Antonio Salamanca, who owned a number of plates engraved by Marcantonio and his circle from about 1519 to the 1550s.

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.6049-R
Primary reference Number: 127697
Bartsch: 60-II
Passavant: p.100
Illustrated Bartsch: 60-II (220)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 May 2013

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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