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Mythology & Putti

      STEFANO MULINARI (1741-90)

      Narcissus and Cupid

      dated 1783

      Colour aquatint with etching and roulette work, printed in brown | 31.9 x 29.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851835

      A facsimile of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Uffizi, Florence. The drawing is erroneously attributed on plate to Raphael. Lettered with dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms; numbered at upper right: 6. Published in Scuola Italiana o sia Nuova Raccolta di Stampe a Forma di Disegni, Rome 1787, plate 6.

      • Creator(s)

        Stefano Mulinari (1741-90) (printmaker)

        After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Albert Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen (1738-1822) (dedicatee)

      • 31.9 x 29.9 cm (sheet of paper)

        23.8 x 26.3 cm (image)

        30.8 x 29.0 cm (platemark)

      • 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
                • Narcissus (myth)
                • Cupid
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.136 D.LV.1

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