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Object Type
print
Museum number
1852,1211.63
Description
The wedding of Cupid and Psyche (left portion); in amidst celestial clouds, Hercules, wearing a lion pelt, stands with his club and gestures with his arm; Fame floats above him with two trumpets; Ceres stands to the right with a cornucopia; a procession of maids carry plates of food while putti frolic above. 1587 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Hendrik Goltzius
After:
Bartholomeus Spranger
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1587
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
427 millimetres
Width:
283 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is the left part of one engraving, printed from three plates; for the complete print see 1852,1211.63-65. After a drawing by Spranger in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Literature: H. Leeflang and G.Luijten, 'Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, prints and paintings', exh.cat. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York and Toledo Museum of Art Ohio, 2003, cat.no.28.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(341.II)
(Hendrick Goltzius)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(322)
Hirschmann 1921 / Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes
(322)
Strauss 1977 / Hendrik Goltzius: the complete engravings and woodcuts
(255)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(III.85.277)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2022 17 Mar-28 Aug, BM, G90, 'Printmaking in Prague: art from the court of Rudolf II'
Subjects
classical mythology
marriage/wedding
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Herakles/Hercules
Representation of:
Demeter/Ceres
Representation of:
Fame
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1852
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1852,1211.63
Conservation
Mount
Treatment
: 6 Aug 2021