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Psyche Reports to Her Sisters
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Psyche Reports to Her Sisters

Meester van de Dobbelsteen · c. 1530 - c. 1560 · engraving; intaglio printmaking technique; paper

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

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Psyche tells her two sisters that Amor has abandoned her. On the left, the two sisters throw themselves from a mountain in the hope of being brought to Amor by Zephyrus (the personification of the west wind). Italian text in two cartouches in the lower margin. Numbered twice in the lower left: 15.

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Credit linePsyche doet verslag aan haar zusters. c. 1530 - c. 1560. Meester van de Dobbelsteen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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