Plate 28: Psyche, wanting to appear more beautiful opens the box, as Cupid arrives in the upper right, and at left his arrow pierces Psyche, who has fallen to the ground, from "The Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius"
Antonio Salamanca|Master of the Die|Michiel Coxie (I) · Italian, born Spain|Italian|Netherlandish
Date: 1530–60
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 15 13/16 in. (26 × 40.2 cm) Plate: 7 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (19.7 × 23.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Date range
1530 – 1560
Largest dimension
40.2 cm
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