Cupid and Psyche together in the Nuptial Bed

A photograph of a sketch reproducing a portion of a composition known through an engraving by the Master of the Die (RCIN 851790.ff). The engraving is from a series of 32 plates depicting episodes from Apuleius’ ‘Fable of Cupid and Psyche’. Formerly thought to have been designed by Raphael, the plates are now generally thought to be after designs by Michiel Coxie. For a comment on the series, see RCIN 851790. The photographed drawing was reported by Ruland (1876) as having been sold by the late Major Kühlen at Rome to the Dowager Queen of Prussia. Photographs of similar sketches, which were also formerly in the collection of Major Kühlen, can be found at RCINs 851794, 851795, 851796, 851797, 851798.