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Venus and Cupid
1858Albumen print? | RCIN 2864350
A photograph of a drawing in the Albertina, Vienna (inv.no.215) which is considered to be a copy of the two primary figures in a drawing in the Royal Collection, Windsor (see RCIN 912757). The Royal Collection drawing is attributed to a member of Raphael's workshop (perhaps Giulio Romano) and is closely related to the fresco depicting Venus and Cupid on the south wall of the stufetta, or bathroom, in the apartments of Cardinal Bibbiena in the Vatican Palace. The stufetta was frescoed with mythological subjects by Raphael's workshop c.1516. Annotated on verso.
For further information see RCIN 853869, a copy of this photograph in the Prince Consort's Collection, portfolio 42 (970602)
Creator(s)
After a work copying Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
Attributed to Florence : Alinari (photographer)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Venus (mythology)
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Lazio [Italy]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Bathroom (stufetta) of Cardinal Bibbiena [Vatican Palace]
- Vatican Palace [Vatican City]
- Vatican City [Rome]
- Rome [Lazio]
- Lazio [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London
no.810Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London
no.33Jones/Penny 1983 : Jones, R. and Penny, N. Raphael, 1983
pp.192-94Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte)
pp.324-25
