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AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)
The Emperor Freeing the Slave Androcles
c.1515-20Engraving | 40.5 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852219
An engraving after a design traditionally reputed to be by Raphael. Signed with Agostino's initials on stone at lower left, and (Marcantonio's) empty tablet at lower right.
It has been suggested that a drawing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no.80.3.190), in the same direction as the engraving, may be the original design upon with the plate of 'The Emperor Freeing the Slave Androcles' was based. Once ascribed to Peruzzi and G.F. Penni, the drawing has been recently attributed to the School of Marcantonio (Shoemaker in Shoemaker/Broun 1981) and, more hesitantly, to Agostino Veneziano (Gnann in Oberhuber/Gnann 1999). For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)
40.5 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Androcles (Roman history/myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.197-99, no.68 (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.235, 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)
p.201, no.A 83 (Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001)
