MARCO DENTE DA RAVENNA (D. 1527)

The Judgment of Paris

c.1515-1530

Engraving | 29.0 x 43.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851709

An engraving representing the 'Judgment of Paris', a composition designed by Raphael showing similarities to a grisaille fresco beneath the 'Parnassus' in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican Museums (c.1512-13). At lower centre are the attribution of the design to Raphael (RAPH. VRBI INVEN), and (false) monogram of Marcantonio Raimondi (MAF).

This engraving by Marco Dente has been long described as a copy after a print of the same subject by Raimondi (RCIN 851707) and dated between 1520 and 1527. Suggestions have been made that it may have been executed around 1515-16 after the original design by Raphael (see Massari in Raphael Invenit 1985, p.242, II.2).

Creator(s)

Marco Dente Da Ravenna (d. 1527) (engraver)

After Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-1534) (engraver)

After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
29.0 x 43.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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)
  
  Juno (myth)
  
  Athena
  
  Jupiter (myth)
  
  Diana (myth)
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.190, no.65 (entry by Innis H. Shoemaker) (Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981 : Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981)

p.242, no.II.2 (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)

p.162 (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))

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