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Allegory

Allegory

MARCO DENTE DA RAVENNA (D. 1527)

Fortitude

c.1515-20

Engraving | 24.9 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851970

An engraving after a design the authorship of which is unclear. According to Bartsch, the engraving may be after a drawing by Raphael or Giulio Romano; Ruland (1876) catalogued it as after an idea by Raphael. Signed with engraver's monogram in the margin. A drawing of this subject currently in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem (inv. no. A*78) corresponds closely to the engraving (although in reverse). Its attribution is a matter of dispute, with some scholars ascribing it to Tommaso Vincidor (Dacos 1980), others to G.F. Penni (Oberhuber 1972) and more recently to Raphael himself (Gnann in Oberhuber/Gnann 1999). For a discussion on the subject matter and relationship between the Teyler drawing and the engraving, see Bibliographic References.
  • Creator(s)

    Marco Dente Da Ravenna (d. 1527) (engraver)

    After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)

  • 24.9 x 17.9 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Philosophy & Psychology
      • Philosophy
        • Allegory
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.69-70 (Dacos 1980 : Dacos, 'N. Tommaso Vincidor. Un élève de Raphael aux Pays-Bas', in "Relations artistique entre les Pays-Bas et l'Italie à la Renaissance", Bruxelles 1980, pp.61-99)
    p.264, no.IV.16 (entry 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)
    p.201, no.135; p.200, under no.134 (entry by Achim Gnann) (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)
    pp.272-3, under no.245 (van Tuyll van Serooskerken 2000 : van Tuyll van Serooskerken, C., 2000. The Italian drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the Teyler Museum.)