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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    AFTER ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY

    Cupid shooting an arrow

    c.1860-76

    Carbon print | 23.6 x 16.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851787

    A photograph of a drawing currenly housed in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (inv. KdZ 21542 r). Ruland (1876) catalogued the drawing as being then in the Royal Collection in Berlin. A photograph of the verso of the drawing at RCIN 851786.

    • Creator(s)

      After Italian School, 16th century (artist)

    • 23.6 x 16.4 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
              • Cupid
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Fiction
            • Tales & legends
              • Myths
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Engineering & Technology
          • Military engineering
            • Arms (weapons)
              • Arrows
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