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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER RAPHAEL (1483-1520)

Hercules fighting with the Centaur

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 38.3 x 23.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851696

A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507-08) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895.0915,631). Ruland (1876) catalogued the drawing as being then in the collection of J. Malcolm, Esq.
  • Creator(s)

    After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 38.3 x 23.8 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
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Hercules
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle; p.19, no.22, pl.37

    Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.179, no.188

    Gere/Turner 1983 : J.A. Gere and Nicholas Turner, 1983. Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English collections, London p.85, no.65

    Other number(s)

    Ruland p.128 C.X.2