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    MASTER OF THE DIE (ACTIVE 1530-60)

    Frieze with the Triumph of Love

    c.1530-50

    Engraving | 10.1 x 40.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851914

    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 Lafréry's address. 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
    • Bibliographic reference(s)

      Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.192, under no.A 57.1

      Other number(s)

      Ruland p.142 B.VII.1

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