Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
STEFANO MULINARI (1741-90)
Narcissus and Cupid
dated 1783Colour aquatint with etching and roulette work, printed in brown | 31.9 x 29.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851835
A facsimile of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Uffizi, Florence. The drawing is erroneously attributed on plate to Raphael. Lettered with dedication and dedicatee's coat of arms; numbered at upper right: 6. Published in 'Scuola Italiana o sia Nuova Raccolta di Stampe a Forma di Disegni', Rome 1787, plate 6.
Creator(s)
Stefano Mulinari (1741-90) (printmaker)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Albert Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen (1738-1822) (dedicatee)
31.9 x 29.9 cm (sheet of paper)
23.8 x 26.3 cm (image)
30.8 x 29.0 cm (platemark)
- 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
- Narcissus (myth)
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
