Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods, ca. 1540–45, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on brown-washed paper, 14-3/4 x 23-3/4 in. (37.4 x 60.3 cm), Drawings, Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice), Subtle changes in tone- from pale wash to dark ink to white gouache- suggest the flicker of light across a low-relief sculpture or, given the oval shape, perhaps a cameo. In fact, the drawing relates to a ceiling panel in a room depicting the story of Psyche, the beautiful mortal adored by the god of love
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Cupid Presenting Psyche, Gods, ca, 1540–45, Pen, brown ink, wash, highlighted, white, traces, black chalk, brown-washed paper, 14-3/4 x 23-3/4, 37.4 60.3 cm, Drawings, Andrea Schiavone, Meldola, Italian, Zadar, Zara, ca., 1510?–1563, Venice, Subtle changes, tone, pale, dark, white gouache, suggest, flicker, light across, low-relief sculpture, given, oval shape, perhaps, cameo, fact, drawing relates, ceiling panel, room depicting, story, Psyche, beautiful mortal, adored, god, love
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