History & Battles
History & Battles
MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
Dido
c.1510Engraving | 16.1 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852181
An engraving after a lost design by Raphael. Second state, with inscription in Greek lettered at the base of the tree on the left. Another second state impression (considerably trimmed along all edges) can be found at RCIN 852182. A reversed copy A (attributed to Enea Vico) at RCIN 852183.
Creator(s)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
16.1 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.88-9, no.18 (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.232, no.I.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)
