Psyche's Sisters...Persuade Her that a Serpent is Sleeping with Her

Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592) in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Date

1530/40

Medium

Engraving in warm brown ink on light brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Primary support, trimmed within plate: 19.2 × 20 cm (7 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 27 × 37 cm (10 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Department

Prints and Drawings

Credit line

Stanley Field, Everett D. Graff, and John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowments