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Psyche Taken on a Funeral Chair to a Deserted Mountain: P.1607-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Psyche Taken on a Funeral Chair to a Deserted Mountain
Fable of Psyche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Master of the Die (After)
Draughtsman: Coxie, Michiel I (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1530 - 1550

Note

Reverse copy.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 193 mm Width 228 mm
Sheet Height 193 mm Width 228 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Four lines in two columns

  • Text: La madre, è' l Rè di lagrime si bagnano / ... La lascian sola con dolore et tema
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Verses

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1607-1991
Primary reference Number: 82957
Bartsch: 43 (Copy)
Illustrated Bartsch: 43 (Copy)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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