Plate 18: Venus in her dove-drawn chariot complaining to Jupiter, who is accompanied by Mercury and an eagle, at left Mercury has descended to earth, from "The Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 15 13/16 in. (26 × 40.2 cm) Plate: 7 11/16 × 9 3/16 in. (19.5 × 23.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
41.71.3(18)
Tags
EaglesJupiterMercuryVenus
About the Artist
Antonio Salamanca|Master of the Die|Michiel Coxie (I) ( |Italian (born Spain)) · |1478 – |1562
|Salamanca 1478–1562 Rome