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Master of the Die|Antonio Salamanca|Michiel Coxie

Plate 12: Psyche's sisters persuade her a serpent is sleeping with her, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

1530–60
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19.5 × 22.5 cm (7.7 × 8.9 in)

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