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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

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 (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    Philippe Thomassin (1562-1622) (publisher)

  • 182 / 80 / 6
    Bartsch XV. p.224. late state / 184 / Maitre au De / No.72 / B XV / Pf 17.C.XVIII.1a / X [from left to right]

  • 25.6 x 18.6 cm (sheet of paper)
    29.4 x 21.0 cm (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
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.235, no.VI.1 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
    p.61, under no.20 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)
    p.130, 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)