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Psyche Receiving the Flask of Proserpina's Beauty
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Psyche Receiving the Flask of Proserpina's Beauty

anonymous · 1509 - 1596 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Proserpina, queen of the underworld, seated on the three-headed dog Cerberus. She gives a flask filled with her beauty to Psyche, who kneels before her. Two bearded men and two Furies (Eumenides) look on.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printPsyche before ProserpinaFuries, Dirae (Erinyes), Eumenides'Furie' (Ripa)
Credit linePsyche ontvangt de kruik met Proserpina's schoonheid. 1509 - 1596. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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