MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)

Quos Ego

c.1515-16

Engraving | 42.0 x 32.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851662

An engraving after a design by Raphael depicting episodes from book I of Virgil's Aeneid. First state. A second state impression at RCIN 851663. Preparatory studies by Raphael for the composition are currently housed in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House (inv. no.727 a,b,c). Photographs of two of these studies at RCINs 851665, 851666.

The engraving shows Neptune calming the Tempest which Aeolus raised against Aeneas' fleet (central compartment) surrounded by episodes taken from book I of Aeneid.

Creator(s)

Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

After Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
42.0 x 32.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Religions of antiquity
  Classical mythology
  Aeneas
  Ascanius
- Places
  Asia
  Asia Minor
  Troy
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  Literature
  Fiction
  Tales & legends
  Myths
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Bibliographic reference(s)

Raphael Invenit 1985 : G. Bernini Pezzini et al., Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985 pp.244-5, no.IV.1

Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi: Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981 pp.120-2, no.32 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker)

Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999 pp.114-5, no.53

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Ruland p.126 C.I.1

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