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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

    LOUISE CHARLOTTE SOYER

    Nereïds and Cupids

    published 1803

    Etching | 18.8 x 27.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851742

    An outline-etching reproducing a composition for which Raphael is credited as the designer. Lettered with titles and production details. Published in C.P. Landon, 'Vie et Œuvre complète de Raphaël Sanzio', 1803, plate 465.

    • Creator(s)

      Louise Charlotte Soyer (etcher)

      After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

    • 18.8 x 27.9 cm (sheet of paper)

      12.2 x 20.6 cm (image)

      17.5 x 22.5 cm (platemark)

    • Jeux d'Amours et Néréïdes. / Spieleude Liebersgötten und Nereiden. / Cupids and Nereïds Playing

    • Added to 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
              • Nymphs
              • Cupid
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mythical creatures
              • Sea monsters
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