Psyche verlicht met haar lamp de slapende Amor
Simone Cantarini
1640 - 1645
Medium
paper
Dimensions
190; 168
About this artwork
Inv.; …; anonymous sale, Utrecht (Van Huffel’s Antiquariaat), 28 May (3 June) 1957 sqq., no. 1253, fl. 30, to the museum, with support from the F.G. Waller fonds
About the Artist
Simone Cantarini · 1612–1648
He was one of the most eminent pupils of Guido Reni and one of the most gifted engravers in the tradition of the Carracci. He had a strong personality and developed a highly original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. Comment on works: Religious