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Mythology & Putti

    MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

    Apollo commanding Marsyas to be flayed

    c.1530-1560

    Engraving | 18.8 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851690

    An engraving after a design formerly reputed to be by Raphael. First state. Signed on plate with engraver's monogram at lower right (a die with the letter B; see Nagler, I, no.1563).

    • Creator(s)

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

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

    • 18.8 x 28.3 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
              • Apollo (myth)
              • Marsyas (myth)
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