Architecture
Raphael's career as an architect saw him work on St Peter's Basilica, Vatican
AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)
A grotesque with satyrs and sphinxes
c.1530-1550Engraving | 24.3 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854233
An engraving by Agostino Veneziano depicting a grotesque with satyrs and sphinxes that, according to Bartsch, reproduces a drawing by Raphael (see Bibliographic References). Signed by the publisher Antonio Salamanca. This is the second state of the print. Trimmed within the platemark.
This print has been identified as the iconographic source for the grotesque decorations of one of the dome's wedges of the octagonal room in the Odeo at Padova (see Bibliographic References).
This print has been identified as the iconographic source for the grotesque decorations of one of the dome's wedges of the octagonal room in the Odeo at Padova (see Bibliographic References).
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (printmaker)
After? Giovanni da Udine (c. 1487-1564) (draughtsman)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (draughtsman)
? Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)
24.3 x 18.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Satyrs
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Zoology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative motifs
- Grotesques
- Decorative motifs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp. 267, no. IV.1 (entry written by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
