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Mythology & Putti

    HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-50)

    Dido destroying herself

    dated 1520

    Engraving | 11.9 x 9.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851682

    An engraving the composition of which is largely based on a print by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851677: after a design by Raphael). The original figure of Venus has been converted into Dido destroying herself; the landscape has also been altered. Signed with engraver's monogram at lower right (on the plynth).

    • Creator(s)

      Hans Sebald Beham (1500-50) (engraver)

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

      After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 11.9 x 9.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Subject(s)
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Fiction
            • Tales & legends
              • Myths
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