Homage to Psyche

c. 1539

Giuseppe Nicolo Vicentino, after Francesco Salviati

Associated Names
Giuseppe Nicolo Vicentino

Artist, Italian, 1470 - 1560

Francesco Salviati

Artist After, Florentine, 1510 - 1563

This is a drawing of an architectural setting with classical figures. The composition depicts a gathering of figures in ancient attire, surrounded by classical architecture. The central figures appear engaged in a ritual or ceremonial act, indicated by their poses and the presence of urns and smoke rising from vessels on the ground. In the background, there are significant architectural structures, including columns and a domed building reminiscent of classical antiquity. The use of contrasting dark and light tones highlights the forms and gestures of the figures, creating a dynamic interaction in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in brown and ochre on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.6 × 22 cm (9 5/16 × 8 11/16 in.), octagonal
    mount: 32.1 × 28.2 cm (12 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.60.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arthur Pond, London; (his sale, Cock and Langford, London, 12-14 May 1748, no. 4). (Emmanuel von Baeyer, London); purchased 2019 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 26

Inscriptions

by later hand in brown ink on verso: 17 / Pond's Sale / No. 4-7; by later hand, lower verso in graphite: c. 26160 / ii/off

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