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Mythology & Putti

      AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)

      The Procession of Silenus

      c.1520-30

      Engraving | 18.7 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851816

      An engraving after a design reputed to be by Raphael or Giulio Romano, probably inspired by an Antique sarcophagus once in the Villa Aldobrandini and now at Woburn Abbey (Shoemaker/Broun 1981). First state. Signed with engraver's monogram on a tablet at lower centre within image. A very late state with the address of both Salamanca and Rossi at RCIN 851817.

      • Creator(s)

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

        After? Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)

        After? Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (designer)

      • 18.7 x 26.1 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
                • Silenus
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Agriculture and related techniques
            • Horticulture
              • Grapes
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 p.202, no.70 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker)

        Raphael dans les collections françaises 1983 : Hommage a Raphael. Raphael dans les collections françaises: (Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 15 novembre 1983-13 fevrier 1984), Paris p.364, no.52

        Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.247-8, no.VI.6

        Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.193, no.A 63.1

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.135 D.XLV.2

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