Mythology & Putti
GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)
Aeneas and Achates
published 1555Engraving | 12.0 x 9.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851669
An engraving from a series of 150 prints by Giulio Bonasone entitled 'Aschillis Bocchii Bonon. Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere quas serio ludebat libri quinque' (The Emblems of Achilles Bocchius). The first edition was published in 1555 in Bologna; the second edition was retouched by Agostino Carracci and published in 1574.
The present print depicts the 'XCVI symbol'; its composition is based on one of the compartments (fourth compartment left) of the 'Quos Ego', an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi after a Raphael design dating c.1516. A first state impression of the engraving by Raimondi at RCIN 851662; a second state at RCIN 851663.
The present print depicts the 'XCVI symbol'; its composition is based on one of the compartments (fourth compartment left) of the 'Quos Ego', an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi after a Raphael design dating c.1516. A first state impression of the engraving by Raimondi at RCIN 851662; a second state at RCIN 851663.
Creator(s)
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
12.0 x 9.2 cm (sheet of paper)
11.0 x 8.2 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Aeneas
- Achates (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.245, no.IV.2 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
