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Mythology & Putti

    ELISHA KIRKALL (?1682-1742)

    Aeneas and Anchises

    dated 1722

    Mezzotint and etching printed in brown ink, over an ochre woodcut tone block | 53.2 x 39.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851725

    A print reproducing a chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi (RCIN 851723: after a design by Raphael); with slight variations. An impression with etching and mezzotint only can be found at RCIN 851726.

    • Creator(s)

      Elisha Kirkall (?1682-1742) (wood cutter)

      Elisha Kirkall (?1682-1742) (printmaker)

      After Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 53.2 x 39.1 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to 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
              • Aeneas
              • Anchises
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