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      AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)

      Apollo and Daphne

      dated 1518

      Engraving | 23.3 x 16.8 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851760

      An engraving reproducing a composition which Bartsch suggested may be by Baccio Bandinelli. Third state, retouched, with Antonio Salamanca's address. Laid down onto a sheet with annotations in pencil. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). A first state impression of the print at RCIN 851759.

      • Creator(s)

        Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)

        After? Baccio Bandinelli (1493-1560) (artist)

        Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)

      • annotation: Pass I p 584 No 11 Ag Ven 317 [upper margin] / Aug. Venetiano. Apollo and Daphne X Bartsch XIV. p 239 / 3rd state, poor [lower margin] [backing sheet, front, in pencil]

        annotation: Pf. 17. D. XVIII. 1a [backing sheet, back, in pencil]

      • 23.3 x 16.8 cm (actual print) (sheet of paper)

        26.3 x 18.6 cm (backing sheet) (sheet of paper)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

      • Subject(s)
        • Language, Linguistics and Literature
          • Literature
            • Fiction
              • Tales & legends
                • Myths
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Apollo (myth)
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.132 D.XVIII.1a(add)

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