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Mythology & Putti

      AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)

      Venus reclining on a Dolphin

      c.1515-20

      Engraving | 16.8 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851774

      An engraving after a design traditionally reputed to be by Raphael, and now generally regarded as by his school (Giulio Romano?). Second state, not described in Bartsch. Laid down onto a sheet with annotations in pencil. Not listed in Ruland's Raphael Collection catalogue (1876). A first state impression of this print at RCIN 851773.

      • Creator(s)

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

        After a work by the school of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)

      • annotation: 2.o state Agos. Veneziano. f [backing sheet, front, in pencil]

        annotation: Pf 17. D XIX 1a [backing sheet, back, in pencil]

      • 16.8 x 25.1 cm (sheet of paper)

        18.8 x 27.2 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

      • Subject(s)
        • Language, Linguistics and Literature
          • Literature
            • Fiction
              • Tales & legends
                • Myths
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Venus (mythology)
                • Cupid
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Biological sciences
            • Zoology
              • Animals
                • Mythical creatures
                  • Sea monsters
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • prints
      • Bibliographic reference(s)

        Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.245, no.V.1

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.133 D.XXIX.1a(add)

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