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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER A WORK ATTRIBUTED TO PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE C.1450-FONTIGNANO 1523)

Bacchus

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 37.2 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851689

A photograph of a drawing attributed to Perugino now in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no.531E). The authorship of the drawing, also known as 'L'Idolino', is still a matter of dispute.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work attributed to Pietro Perugino (Città della Pieve c.1450-Fontignano 1523) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 37.2 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1860-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Dionysus
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Fiction
          • Tales & legends
            • Myths
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.238, no.531E (Inventario Uffizi. Disegni Esposti I 1986 : Disegni esposti ; v. 1, 1986 / a cura di Annamaria Petrioli Tofani, Florence (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi))

    pp.85-8, no.54 (Ferino Pagden 1982 : Disegni Umbri del Rinascimento da Perugino a Raffaello, 1982 / catalogo della mostra a cura di Sylvia Ferino Pagden, Città di Castello)