Psyche's Sisters Persuading Her that a Serpent is Sleeping with Her

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Psyche's Sisters Persuading Her that a Serpent is Sleeping with Her

Master of the Die (Italian, active 1530s)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)

1530s

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 20.4 x 23.4 cm (8 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)(c. 1 mm margin at the top, c. 2 mm margin at the bottom; trimmed on or slightly within the platemark at the sides)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP1405

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 50, ii/iii

Marks Recto, lower center, in brown ink, the duplicate stamp of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Lugt 683); verso, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Julian Marshall, London (1836-1903)(Lugt 1494); verso, lower left, stamped in gray-violet ink, the mark of The Rev J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceBibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Lugt 683); Julian Marshall, London (1836-1903)(Lugt 1494); The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897