Identification title(s): lucius listens to the story of amor and psyche. Story of amor and psyche (series title). Object type: print serial number: 1/32object number: rp-p-h-h-793. Catalog reference: the illustrated bartsch 39. Bartsch 39-2(2). Collection rijksmuseum-2(2). Note: two states are known in the rijksmuseum collection. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 10 collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 11 collector's mark; verso, stamped: 'hinloopen', small stamp in black ink with only text number, recto lower right, handwritten in brown ink: '31'. Description: lucius, the main character from apuleius' novel 'metamorphoses', has been turned into a donkey and hears an old woman telling the story of amor and psyche to a young woman. In front of the opening of a cave, the old woman with distaff and dog are sitting on the left and the young woman on the right. Italian text in two cartouches in the bottom margin. Numbered twice at the bottom left: 1. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: meester van de dice, after a design by: michiel coxie (i), publisher: antonio salamanca (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: italy, publisher: rome. Dating: ca. 1530 - ca. 1560. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 196 mm × w 236 mm. Explanation: print from a series with scenes from the story of amor and psyche designed by michiel coxie, of which 29 prints by the master of the dice and 3 by agostino veneziano. Subject: what: ass, donkey story of cupid and psyche (apuleius, 'metamorphoses' (golden ass) iv 28 - vi 25), distaff. Credit line: loan from the rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Acquisition: loan 1979. Date: ca. 1530 - ca. 1560.
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