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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    Psyche sent for the Water of Beauty

    c.1530-1535

    Engraving | RCIN 851803

    An engraving by the Master of the Die related to a series of 32 numbered plates depicting episodes taken from Apuleius' 'Story of Cupid and Psyche' . The present plate may have been rejected from the series. For a comment on the series, see RCIN 851790.
    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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