Published by Domenico de Rossi; Iacobi Filii [Jacobi Filii] c. 1693, Rome, 1693
Seller: McCanse Art, Toronto, ON, Canada
Condition: Very Good. Etching circa 1693; Psyche with Juno and Ceres o the left; Venus with doves on the right. Hinged in mat, hand-inked rules around mat window. "Venus Ultioni Intenta Psychen Fugitiuam a Iunone, ac Cerere Requirit, de Filio Conquesta, cui Fauentibus Deabus, Indignata Discedit. Venus frustra in terris Psychen inquirens, Coelum petit, aureeum currum acendens, iugum subeuntibus candidis Columbis. Deuicto Marte, gladium, et clypeum Amor spoliis adiungit Martis bellipotentis gladium, et clypeum hic Veneris puer spoliis adiungit, uictoque gloriatur uictore Deo. Adstat Falco rapax, et seeus." Plate #4 (numbered bottom right corner of impression) out of a set of 12 etchings of the Loggia di Psyche produced by Dorigny after Raphael's fresco ("Psyches et Amoris Nuptiae ac Fabula a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinate"). Print: 14.74 x 25.5 in; sheet: 19.25 x 30 in; mat: 21.25 x 32 in. Very good example. some wear at edges, light spotting, generally not affecting print. Small repair near bottom right corner, not affecting impression. Vertical fold at center.