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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

      MARIE PAULINE SOYER (B. 1786)

      Apollo and Daphne

      published 1803

      Etching | 23.1 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851761

      An outline-etching reproducing a composition known through an engraving by Agostino Veneziano (RCIN 851759: after a design by Baccio Bandinelli?). The present print credits Raphael as the inventor of the composition. Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, 'Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio', 1803, plate 310.

      • Creator(s)

        Marie Pauline Soyer (b. 1786) (etcher)

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

      • 23.1 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper)

        14.9 x 11.0 cm (image)

        17.3 x 12.4 cm (platemark)

      • Apollon et Daphné / Appollo und Daphne. / Apollo and Daphne.

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

      • Subject(s)
        • Language, Linguistics and Literature
          • Literature
            • Fiction
              • Tales & legends
                • Myths
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Apollo (myth)
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