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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

ANNE CLAUDE PHILIPPE, COMTE DE CAYLUS (1692-1765)

The Judgement of Paris

c.1712-1755

Etching | 26.4 x 34.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851713

A facsimile of a drawing now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.4300 v); reproduced in reverse. The drawing is thought to be a copy after a lost study by Raphael for the 'Judgment of Paris', a composition which was engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851707). Lettered with production details and old attribution to Raphael. Numbered on plate at upper left within image: 156.
  • Creator(s)

    Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus (1692-1765) (etcher)

    After a work copying Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 26.4 x 34.5 cm (sheet of paper)

    20.4 x 28.5 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
            • Paris (mythological character)
            • Venus (mythology)
            • Athena
            • Juno (myth)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Horticulture
          • Apples
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    pp.162-4, no.219 (Cordellier/Py 1992 : Raphael : son atelier, ses copistes, 1992 / par Dominique Cordellier et Bernadette Py, Paris (Inventaire general des dessins Italiens ; V / sous la direction de Francoise Viatte))