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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

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))