Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter to a mountain, from "The Fable of Psyche"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (19 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
Accession Number
62.635.908
Tags
BoysMenWomenPsycheMountains
About the Artist
Master of the Die|Michiel Coxie (I)|Antonio Salamanca · 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...