Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI (C. 1480-1534)
Quos Ego
c.1516Engraving | 43.1 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851663
An engraving after a design by Raphael depicting episodes from book I of Virgil's 'Aeneid'. Second state. Antonio Salamanca's address has been scratched out (at lower centre in the lower right compartment). A first state impression at RCIN 851662. 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 (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Antonio Salamanca (1500-62) (publisher)
43.1 x 34.2 cm (sheet of paper)
42.3 x 33.7 cm (platemark)
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
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Places
- Asia
- Asia Minor
- Troy
- Asia Minor
- Asia
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.244-5, no.IV.1 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pp.114-5, no.53 (Oberhuber/Gnann 1999 : Roma e lo stile classico di Raffaello, 1515-1527 / a cura di Konrad Oberhuber ; catalogo di Achim Gnann, 1999)
