Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)
Envy driven out of the Temple by the Muses
c.1530-50Engraving | 24.9 x 18.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851857
An engraving after a (lost) design traditionally attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi. Signed on plate with the engraver's monogram at lower right (a die with the letter B; see Nagler, I, no.1563). Lettered with eight lines of verse below image, and publisher's address at lower left.
The composition was reproduced by Ugo da Carpi in a chiaroscuro woodcut, a second state of which can be found at RCIN 851858. For a discussion on the relationship between Ugo's chiaroscuro and the engraving by the Master of the Die, see Bibliographic References.
Bartsch and Ruland described the subject as Envy chased from the Temple by the Muses. Recent scholarship follows Vasari in indentifying the female figure driven out of the temple with Avarice (see Gnann in Oberhuber/Gnann 1999).
The composition was reproduced by Ugo da Carpi in a chiaroscuro woodcut, a second state of which can be found at RCIN 851858. For a discussion on the relationship between Ugo's chiaroscuro and the engraving by the Master of the Die, see Bibliographic References.
Bartsch and Ruland described the subject as Envy chased from the Temple by the Muses. Recent scholarship follows Vasari in indentifying the female figure driven out of the temple with Avarice (see Gnann in Oberhuber/Gnann 1999).
Creator(s)
Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)
After a work attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi (1481-1536) (designer)
Antoine Lafréry (1512-77) (publisher)
After Ugo da Carpi (c. 1480-1532) (wood cutter)
24.9 x 18.1 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
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Hercules
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999 p.113, under no.52 (entry by A. Gnann)
Other number(s)
Ruland p.137 D.LX.1
