Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
A Muse in meditation
c.1853-76Albumen print | 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.
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)