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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER A WORK COPYING RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Composition of nude figures

c.1860-76

Carbon print | 24.7 x 40.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851719

A photograph of a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.271). The poor state of the drawing has caused difficulties as to establish its authorship. The subject matter has also been a matter of dispute.
  • Creator(s)

    After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 24.7 x 40.3 cm (sheet of paper)

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