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L'amour de Cupido et de Psiche
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
After: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Author: Apuleius (2nd century)
Printer: Jeanne de Marnef Janot (French, 16th century)
After: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Author: Apuleius (2nd century)
Printer: Jeanne de Marnef Janot (French, 16th century)
1546
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 32 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 14.1 x 9.6 x 1.6 cm (5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number33.687.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jeanne de Marnef Janot, 1546
Catalogue Raisonné
Mortimer, French, 33
Description(Paris: Jeanne de Marnef Janot, 1546) Octavo; 48 leaves; contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped brown calf.
Illustrations of legend of Cupid and Psyche, within elaborate decorative borders
BOUND with: Les figures de l'Apocalipse, 1547 (33.687.1)
Illustrations of legend of Cupid and Psyche, within elaborate decorative borders
BOUND with: Les figures de l'Apocalipse, 1547 (33.687.1)
ProvenanceMarcus Fugger (1529-1597--binding; initials on front pastedown); Oettingen-Wallerstein (Kloster Maihingen) stamp on title of Apocalypse [33.687.1] bound with this title; Karl & Faber, Munich, Fugger Sale, Nov. 6-7, 1933, lot 97, from which purchased (through E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London) by MFA, December 1933.