Plate 28: Psyche, wanting to appear more beautiful opens the box, as Cupid arrives in the upper right, and at left his arrow pierces Psyche, who has fallen to the ground, from "The Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius"

Master of the Die Italian
 After Michiel Coxie (I) Netherlandish
 Publisher Antonio Salamanca Italian, born Spain

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This book contains 32 plates bound together, 3 of which are by Agostino Veneziano.

Plate 28: Psyche, wanting to appear more beautiful opens the box, as Cupid arrives in the upper right, and at left his arrow pierces Psyche, who has fallen to the ground, from "The Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius", Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530–60), Engraving

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