Allegory
Allegory
MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
The Reconciliation of Minerva and Cupid
c.1515-20Engraving | 21.2 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851947
An engraving probably after a lost design by Raphael. Shoemaker (in Shoemaker/Broun 1981) suggested that the engraving dates from c.1517-20.
Vasari first identified the subject of the engraving as 'a figure of Peace', followed by Bartsch who entitled it 'Peace' and wrongly associated it with Marcantonio's series of engravings illustrating the Seven Virtues (RCIN 851946.a-g). Wittkower ('Transformations of Minerva in Renaissance Imagery', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, II, 1938-9, pp.194-205) suggested that the subject may be the 'Reconciliation of Minerva and Cupid', a view which has been accepted by all scholars since. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
21.2 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Peace
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Philosophy & Psychology
- Philosophy
- Allegory
- Philosophy
- Philosophy & Psychology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.142-5, under no.42, fig.34 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker) (Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981 : Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981)
p.265, under no.V.1 (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)
