Psyche carried to Olympus by Mercury

XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink, Pencil ground on paper.
Not on display

Another studio version of this composition, slightly superior in handling, is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. no. D1570). Two further variants of the composition are in the Louvre (inv. nos. 9308 and 9309).

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.268

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Inventory number: D001910
Author: Anonymous (Follower of: Luca Cambiaso)
Title: Psyche carried to Olympus by Mercury
Date: XVI century
Technique: Pencil; Grey-brown ink; Pencil ground
Support: Paper
Dimension: Height: 345 mm; Width: 228 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 268.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Virginia, 2008, pp. 268.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 557.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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