Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods

Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods by Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on brown-washed paper

Dimensions

14-3/4 x 23-3/4 in. (37.4 x 60.3 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1963

Accession Number

63.93

Tags

CupidPsyche

About the Artist

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) · 15101563

Andrea Schiavone, born Andrea Meldolla around 1510 or 1515 in Zara (modern Zadar, Croatia), in Venetian-ruled Dalmatia, hailed from a family rooted in Meldola near Forlì in Romagna, Emilia-Romagna. His father, Simon Meldolla, served as a garrison commander there, and both parents originated from Meldola, where the family held property into the early 16th century. Nicknamed "Schiavone"—"the Slav"—a...

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