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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

Neoptolemus taking Andromache into captivity after the fall of Troy

c.1790-1820

Etching | RCIN 851718

A facsimile etching of a drawing catalogued by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of J. Hazard. The drawing resembles closely a study attributed to Raphael currently in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.903A; see RCIN 851716). Another facsimle of a similar drawing then in the 'Academy' at Düsseldorf at RCIN 851717.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)