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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER A WORK COPYING MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)

A Muse in meditation

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 12.4 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851753

A photograph of a drawing now in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (RCIN 990746v). The drawing is copied after an engraving (RCIN 851751.c; B.XIV, p.211, no.265) from a series by Marcantonio Raimondi, known as Apollo, Minerva, and the Muses. On the recto of the photographed drawing is a copy after another engraving of the series (B.XIV no.277); a photograph of the recto at RCIN 851752. For the series of Apollo, Minerva, and the Muses, see RCIN 851751.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work copying Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

  • 12.4 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Fiction
          • Tales & legends
            • Myths
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Muses
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London p.243, no.414

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.132 D.XVII.18