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Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius by Master of the Die|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Antonio Salamanca|Matteo Gregorio Rossi|Michiel Coxie (I)

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

10 1/2 × 16 1/8 × 9/16 in. (26.7 × 41 × 1.5 cm)

Classification

Books

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library

Accession Number

41.71.3

Tags

BathingCupidPsyche

About the Artist

Master of the Die|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Antonio Salamanca|Matteo Gregorio Rossi|Michiel Coxie (I) · 15251560

**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...

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