Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-50)
Dido destroying herself
dated 1520Engraving | 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
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
