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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    AFTER A WORK PREVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

    A crouching female figure

    c.1853-76

    Albumen print | 27.7 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851684

    A photograph of a red chalk drawing now in the Biblioteca Reale, Turin (Bancone Cart. I/5 recto). The drawing bears an old attribution to Raphael. Ruland suggested that the drawing may be a study for a Venus (perhaps copied from the Antique), and pointed out the similarity with a crouching Venus in an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851685).

    • Creator(s)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    • 27.7 x 20.1 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religions of antiquity
            • Classical mythology
              • Venus (mythology)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.127 C.IV.8

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