Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Bruiloft van Cupido en Psyche
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Where is “Bruiloft van Cupido en Psyche” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
De viering van het huwelijk tussen Cupido en Psyche door een grote menigte goden en godinnen temidden van wolkenstrengen. Onder de voorstelling negen maal vier regels Latijnse tekst.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1881-A-4866X
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole life1579–1587
Pupil: Jan Saenredam
late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
1585–1587
Pupil: Jacob de Gheyn II
1587
Founding of the Haarlem Academy
Together with Cornelis van Haarlem and Karel van Mander he founded an academy of art in Haarlem, later known as the Haarlem Mannerist Academy (some sources give 1583 or 1600). There, for the first time in the Netherlands, systematic study of anatomy and drawing from the nude model were introduced.
