Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
MONOGRAMMIST NDB (C. 1520-50)
Cupids at Play
dated 1544Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks, printed in green | 39.7 x 29.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851921
A chiaroscuro woodcut after a design traditionally ascribed to Raphael, as suggested by the inscription on plate crediting Raphael with the invention of the composition. Dated on a tablet held by a putto hanging from a tree at upper centre. Signed with printmaker's monogram at lower left: NDB.
Scholars have pointed out connections between this composition and the so-called 'Giuochi di putti', a set of tapestries designed by Giovanni da Udine/Tommaso Vincidor and woven in Flanders for Leo X. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.
Another chiaroscuro woodcut by the Monogrammist NDB of a related composition at RCIN 851879.
Creator(s)
Monogrammist NDB (c. 1520-50) (wood cutter)
After a work attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (designer)
39.7 x 29.0 cm (sheet of paper)
30.0 x 40.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Putti
