Search "" as a keyword...
Filter suggestionsContinue typing to see suggestions...
Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

ARTHUR POND (C. 1705-1758)

Seven putti playing

dated 1734

Etching | 17.7 x 21.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851901

A facsimile etching of a drawing by Raphael (c.1507) when in the collection of Jonathan Richardson; reproduced in reverse. The drawing is now in the Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford (inv. no.0112). Dated and lettered with etcher's initials at lower right. Later state with dedication. The plate was published in 'Prints in Imitation of Drawings', a series of seventy facsimiles by Pond and Knapton after Old Master Drawings published in 1735.
  • Creator(s)

    Arthur Pond (c. 1705-1758) (etcher)

    After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 17.7 x 21.6 cm (sheet of paper)

    15.5 x 21.5 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Children
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Cupid