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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)

Study of a standing female figure (Venus), and of a seated child

c.1853-76

Albumen print | 25.2 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851672

A photograph of two drawings conjoined together which were listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the collection of J. Malcolm, Esq. The two figure studies appear to have been separated at some point after this photograph was taken. The drawing of the unclothed woman on the left dates c.1510 and is now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.629); it relates closely to the figure of Venus in an engraving by Raimondi after a Raphael design. An impression of the engraving by Raimondi at RCIN 851670.
  • Creator(s)

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

  • 25.2 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Religions of antiquity
          • Classical mythology
            • Venus (mythology)
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Fiction
          • Tales & legends
            • Myths
    • Children
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p.204, no.286 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)

    pp.142-3, no.115 (Gere/Turner 1983 : J.A. Gere and Nicholas Turner, 1983. Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English collections, London)