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L'amour de Cupido et de Psiché (The Love of Cupid and Psyche)
Engraver: Léonard Gaultier (French, c. 1561–c. 1635)
After: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Author: Apuleius (2nd century)
Publisher: Léonard Gaultier (French, c. 1561–c. 1635)
After: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Author: Apuleius (2nd century)
Publisher: Léonard Gaultier (French, c. 1561–c. 1635)
1586
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Set of engraved title and 32 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 19.7 x 15.2 x 1 cm (7 3/4 x 6 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number41.47
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Léonard Gaultier, 1586
Catalogue Raisonné
Bibl. nat., Inventaire 16th, vol. I, pp. 401-07, nos. 163-95; Mortimer, French, 34
Description(Paris: Léonard Gaultier, 1586) Octavo; 33 leaves; modern gilt-stamped green morocco binding.
Illustrations of the legend of Cupid and Psyche
Illustrations of the legend of Cupid and Psyche
ProvenanceEdouard Rahir (1862-1924, his fifth sale, 1937, lot 1218); Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Harvard College Library, from whom purchased by MFA, February 13, 1941.