Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods
ca. 1540–45
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
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) · 1510–1563
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...