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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

Putti at play

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 851899

A photograph of a drawing now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1846.270). Ruland (1876) observed that the drawing is a copy of a study by Raphael now in the Albertina, Vienna (inv. no.246), with changes and omissions. Photographs of the original by Raphael at RCINs 851897, 851898.
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)