Homage Rendered to Psyche

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
After: Giuseppe Salviati (Italian, about 1520–about 1575)

mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in light gray-green, medium gray-green, and dark gray-green

Dimensions Sheet: 26.5 x 25.4 cm (10 7/16 x 10 in.)(trimmed within the outer square borderline)

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

Accession NumberP1712

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.125.26, ii/ii (with the monogram of Andreani)

Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, 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