# The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche, in Yi Jeong (artist name: Taneun)'s contemporaries

Hendrick Goltzius made this in 1587, aged 29. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> The gods of Olympus crowd a banquet among the clouds to celebrate the marriage of Cupid and Psyche, the mortal who won immortality through love.

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## The work

- Date: 1587
- Medium: Engraving on three joined sheets of ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 42.8 × 85.1 cm (16 7/8 × 33 9/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.1261
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Hendrick Goltzius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hendrick-goltzius), Dutch, 1558–1617

Goltzius was the outstanding Dutch engraver of his generation, despite a childhood injury that crippled his right hand.

7 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Hendrick Goltzius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/hendrick-goltzius?hang=748) (7 works)
- [More Dutch Golden Age](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/dutch-golden-age?hang=748) (44 works)
- [16th-century Netherlands](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands?hang=748) (35 works)

## Get it

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