Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (19.7 x 22.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.234
Tags
ChildrenMenPsyche
About the Artist
Master of the Die|Michiel Coxie (I) · 1525–1560
**Master of the Die** (fl. 1525–1560) was an anonymous Italian engraver and printmaker active primarily in Rome during the mid-16th century. Named for the distinctive small die he used to sign his prints—a tiny emblematic mark that became his moniker—this elusive artist remains unidentified despite scholarly proposals linking him to figures like Benedetto Verino, Giovanni Francesco Zabello, Tommas...