Psyche's Sisters...Persuade Her that a Serpent is Sleeping with Her
1530/40
Medium
Engraving in warm brown ink on light brown laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Primary support, trimmed within plate: 19.2 × 20 cm (7 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 27 × 37 cm (10 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
158179
About the Artist
Master of the Die · 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...