ELISABETTA SIRANI (1638-65)

Dance of Cupids

dated 1793

Etching | 13.4 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851892

A facsimile etching of a drawing when in the collection of Count St Morys; reproduced in reverse. The drawing, currently in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.4247), is thought to be a copy after an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851880: after a design reputed to be by Raphael). Lettered with production details, date and old attribution to Raphael.

A photograph of a similar drawing, formerly in the Royal Collection in Berlin, can be found at RCIN 851891.

Creator(s)

Elisabetta Sirani (1638-65) (etcher)

After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

After Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)
13.4 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper)

12.1 x 19.6 cm (platemark)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Religions of antiquity
  Classical mythology
  Cupid
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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.258, no.XI.1 (entry by Stefania Massari)

Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte) pp.333-4, no.487

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Ruland p.140 A.IV.13

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Dance of Cupids

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