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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

      LOUISE CHARLOTTE SOYER (ACTIVE C. 1803)

      Envy driven out of the Temple by the Muses

      published 1803

      Etching | 17.8 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851859

      An outline-etching reproducing a composition known through a chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi (RCIN 851858: after a design traditionally attributed to Peruzzi). Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate 371.

      • Creator(s)

        Louise Charlotte Soyer (active c. 1803) (etcher)

        After Baldassarre Peruzzi (1481-1536) (designer)

      • 17.8 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper)

        14.4 x 11.0 cm (image)

      • Hercule chassant l'avarice du Parnasse. / Herculus verjagt den Geitz aus dem Parnasse. / Hercules driving away Avarice from Parnassus.

      • 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
                • Muses
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.137 D.LX.3

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