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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

      ETIENNE DELAUNE (1518-83)

      Rape of Hippodameia

      c.1542-73

      Engraving | 8.1 x 13.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851864

      This print is a reduced and reversed copy after a print by Enea Vico dated 1542 (RCIN 851862: after a design attributed to Rosso).

      • Creator(s)

        Etienne Delaune (1518-83) (engraver)

        After Enea Vico (1523-67) (engraver)

        After a work attributed to Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) (designer)

      • 8.1 x 13.2 cm (sheet of paper)

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

        Ruland p.137 D.LXIII.2

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