Saturn and the Nymph Philyra

c.1550-1575

Engraving with etching | 36.9 x 49.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851738

A print after a design reputed to be by Giulio Romano. Only state. Lettered with the engraver's signature on a stone at lower left: Julio bona/sone.

Creator(s)

Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)

After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
585.
36.9 x 49.0 cm (sheet of paper)

32.5 x 43.5 cm (platemark)
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
  Saturn (Roman deity)
  Philyra (Roman deity)
  Nymphs
Bibliographic reference(s)

p.76, no.65 (Massari 1993 : Massari, S, 1993. Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : Opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega, Rome)