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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

Allegory of Marriage and Love

c.1530-1550

Engraving | 18.3 x 21.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851746

A copy after an engraving by the Master of the Die (RCIN 851745: after a design traditionally attributed to Raphael, but more probably by his school or Baldassare Peruzzi); in reverse. Lettered with 8 lines of verse below image. This copy is not described in Bartsch.
  • Creator(s)

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

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

  • 18.3 x 21.8 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
    • Philosophy & Psychology
      • Philosophy
        • Allegory
      • Psychology
        • Emotions
          • Love
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Social customs
          • Marriage
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Cupid
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Vehicles
          • Simple transport
            • Carriages
              • Chariots
                • Chariots (mythical)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Zoology
        • Animals
          • Birds
            • Junglefowl
              • Peafowl
                • Peacocks
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.258, no.X.3 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)