Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
AFTER A WORK BY THE CIRCLE OF ANDREA MANTEGNA (1431-1506)
Hercules and Antaeus
c.1853-76Albumen print | 33.9 x 22.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851840
A photograph of a drawing attributed to the circle of Andrea Mantegna now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle (RCIN 912802). Ruland (1876) associated the figure of Hercules in the drawing to that in an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851837).
Creator(s)
After a work by the circle of Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) (artist)
33.9 x 22.7 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for 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
- photographs
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London no.17
Other number(s)
Ruland p.136 D.LVII.3
