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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

      GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)

      Venus attended by the Graces

      c.1520-60

      Engraving | 21.3 x 15.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851768

      An engraving after a design which Bartsch suggested may be by Raphael. Ruland (1876) connected the engraving with a drawing by Parmigianino now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.752E), a photograph of which can be found at RCIN 851770.

      • Creator(s)

        Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

        After? Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      • 21.3 x 15.9 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
                • Venus (mythology)
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Other number(s)

        Ruland p.133 D.XXIII.1

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