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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

Frieze with a Child Riding a Goat

c.1530-50

Engraving | 10.1 x 40.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851915

An engraving after a design which Bartsch attributed to Raphael. Signed on plate with engraver's monogram at lower right (a die with the letter B; see Nagler, I, no.1563). Second state, with publisher's name; not described in Bartsch.
  • Creator(s)

    Master of the Die (active 1530-60) (engraver)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (designer)

    Antoine Lafréry (1512-77) (publisher)

  • 10.1 x 40.7 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mythical creatures
              • Putti
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.142 B.VIII.1