Venus Ordering Psyche to Seek Water from a Fountain Guarded by Dragons

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Venus Ordering Psyche to Seek Water from a Fountain Guarded by Dragons

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

1530s

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Platemark: 16.9 x 22.6 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the top and sides; lacking c. 25 mm at the bottom)

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

Accession NumberP1442

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 71, only state

Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897