Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)
Eros in the Sea
c.1515-20Engraving | 19.1 x 22.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851772
An engraving after a design traditionally reputed to by by Raphael, and now regarded as by his school (Perino del Vaga?). First state. Signed with engraver's monogram on the shell at lower right: A.V. Lettered with 8 lines of verse below image.
Creator(s)
Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)
After a work by the school of Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
19.1 x 22.9 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
- Venus (mythology)
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.245, no.V.2 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
