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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

Bacchus surrounded by Putti

c.1530-40

Engraving | 12.1 x 18.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851807

An engraving after a design previously attributed to Raphael and now generally ascribed to his School (Tommaso Vincidor?). First state.
  • Creator(s)

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

    After a work attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)

  • 12.1 x 18.7 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
            • Dionysus
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mythical creatures
              • Putti
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Horticulture
          • Grapes
    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.248, no.VI.8

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.135 D.XL.1