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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2046
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Bartholomeus Spranger, Netherlandish (1546 - 1611)
Title
The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche (right plate)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1587
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244672

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream and laid down
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 43.7 × 28.8 cm (17 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in tablet at lower right of design area: BARTOVS. SPRANGERS ANTVS. / INVEN. ANNO. 1587. / HG[monogram]oltzius Sculp. et excud.
  • inscription: in plate, bottom margin to left, center, and to right: Psyche hæc, illa Anima est diuino equata decori, / Quam malesuada Venus (meliore Cupidine Sponso) / Quamq soror Mens illa procax, que nupsit Auerno / Angelico exturbata choro, et soror altera, Carnis // Ille cebræ, incautam tanta oppressêre ruina, / Quantam homines patimur; frigus, morbumq, famem, / Bellaq, et insidias, et fata nouissima Mortem. / Non tulit hoc Amor ille sacer, Diusq Cupido, // Sed Patris implorauit opem, sponseq misertus / Impetrat eternum Nectar, vitæq beatæ / Ambrosiam; potitur votis iam letus, at illam / Fæcundat seclo nullo interitura Voluptas.
  • inscription: lower left corner of design area, graphite, in Randall's hand: Plate 1
  • collector's mark: verso of secondary support, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2046

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 341 (right plate), Bartsch 277, Filedt Kok 31, TIB0301.277

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2046
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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