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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    LOUISE CHARLOTTE SOYER (ACTIVE C. 1803)

    Envy driven out of the Temple by the Muses

    published 1803

    Etching | 17.8 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851859

    An outline-etching reproducing a composition known through a chiaroscuro woodcut by Ugo da Carpi (RCIN 851858: after a design traditionally attributed to Peruzzi). Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio, 1803, plate 371.

    • Creator(s)

      Louise Charlotte Soyer (active c. 1803) (etcher)

      After Baldassarre Peruzzi (1481-1536) (designer)

    • 17.8 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper)

      14.4 x 11.0 cm (image)

    • Hercule chassant l'avarice du Parnasse. / Herculus verjagt den Geitz aus dem Parnasse. / Hercules driving away Avarice from Parnassus.

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Language, Linguistics and Literature
        • Literature
          • Fiction
            • Tales & legends
              • Myths
      • Religion & Theology
        • Religions and faiths
          • Religions of antiquity
            • Classical mythology
              • Muses
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • prints
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.137 D.LX.3

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