CONRAD MARTIN METZ (1749-1827)

The Toilet of Venus

1789-98

Etching | 27.6 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851676

An etching reproducing a pen and ink drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.630); in reverse. The drawing, which is attributed on plate to Raphael, is now generally ascribed to the workshop of the master (Giovanni Francesco Penni/Giulio Romano). Published in C.M. Metz's Imitations of ancient and modern drawings, London 1789 and 1798.

Creator(s)

Conrad Martin Metz (1749-1827) (etcher)

After a work by the workshop of Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)
27.6 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper)

25.3 x 21.0 cm (image)

23.0 cm (Width) (platemark)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Religions of antiquity
  Classical mythology
  Venus (mythology)
  Cupid
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  Literature
  Fiction
  Tales & legends
  Myths
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Biological sciences
  Zoology
  Animals
  Mythical creatures
  Putti
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Bibliographic reference(s)

Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle; pp.56-57, no.69, pl.63

Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London p.130, under no.33

Höper 2001 : Höper, C. Raffael und die Folgen, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2001 p.192, no.A 60

Other number(s)

Ruland p.127 C.III.2

The Toilet of Venus

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