Nov 02, 2021 - Sale 2585

Sale 2585 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GIORGIO GHISI
Cupid and Psyche.

Engraving, 1573-74. 356x230 mm; 14 1/4x9 1/4 inches, small margins. Fourth state (of 4). A good, strong impression with contrasts.

Based on a fresco from around 1528 in the Sala di Psiche in the Palazzo del Te, Mantua. Like the fresco, the engraving shows Cupid and Psyche reclining on a bed with their child Voluptas between them, as they're crowned with laurel wreaths. Behind the bed, Ceres pours water from a pitcher onto Cupid's hand, which rests on a dish held by Juno. Bartsch 45; Lewis 50.