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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)

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)