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    MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

    Aeneas saving Anchises

    c.1530-35

    Engraving | 25.6 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851722

    An engraving after a design by Raphael. Second state; lettered with 8 lines of verse below image. Signed on plate with engraver's monogram at lower right (a die with the letter B; see Nagler, I, no.1563). Laid down on a sheet with annotations in pencil. Not in Ruland (1876). A first state impression at RCIN 851721.

    The composition was reproduced in a chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi (dated on plate 1518), an impression of which is at RCIN 851823. For a discussion on the relationship between the two prints, see Bibliographic References.

    • Creator(s)

      Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)

      After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

      Philippe Thomassin (1562-1622) (publisher)

    • annotation: 182 / 80 / 6 [backing sheet, front, upper margin, in pencil]

      annotation: Bartsch XV. p.224. late state / 184 / Maitre au De / No.72 / B XV / Pf 17.C.XVIII.1a / X [from left to right] [backing sheet, front, lower margin, in pencil]

    • 25.6 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper)

      29.4 x 21.0 cm (backing sheet) (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876)

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

      Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 p.235, no.VI.1

      Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999 p.61, under no.20

      Ugo da Carpi 2009 : Ugo da Carpi, l'opera incisa : xilografie e chiaroscuri da Tiziano, Raffaello e Parmigianino / a cura di Manuela Rossi, 2009 p.130, under no.20

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.130 C.XVIII.1a(add)

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