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    Dance of Cupids

    c.1765-1840

    Etching | RCIN 851886

    An etching the composition of which id derived from the 'Dance of Cupids', an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851880: after a design reputed to be by Raphael), with the addition of two Cupids: one playing on the bagpipe, and the other the spinet.
    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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