Mythology & Putti
Mythology & Putti
GIULIO DI ANTONIO BONASONE (C. 1498-C. 1580)
The Wreath
c.1520-1546Engraving | 33.5 x 43.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851831
An engraving based on a drawing by Giulio Romano currently housed in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem (inv. no.A*48). Second state. Signed with the engraver's name at lower left: IV.BONASO.F.
The drawing on which this engraving is based is a study for a painted medallion in the Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo Te, Mantua. The engraving differs from the drawing in a few details, including the figure of the sleeping woman in the left foreground which may be an invention by Bonasone himself derived from the renowned classical sculpture of the 'Sleeping Ariadne' now in the Vatican Museums (see Massari 1983, I, p.62). A very late state of this plate at RCIN 851832.
The drawing on which this engraving is based is a study for a painted medallion in the Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo Te, Mantua. The engraving differs from the drawing in a few details, including the figure of the sleeping woman in the left foreground which may be an invention by Bonasone himself derived from the renowned classical sculpture of the 'Sleeping Ariadne' now in the Vatican Museums (see Massari 1983, I, p.62). A very late state of this plate at RCIN 851832.
Creator(s)
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone (c. 1498-c. 1580) (engraver)
After Giulio Romano (Rome c. 1499-Mantua 1546) (artist)
33.5 x 43.7 cm (sheet of paper)
33.2 x 43.4 cm (platemark)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Fiction
- Tales & legends
- Myths
- Tales & legends
- Fiction
- Literature
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Venus (mythology)
- Cupid
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Floral decorations
- Wreaths
- Wreaths-Floral
- Wreaths
- Floral decorations
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.44, under no.45 (Bacou 1984 : Bacou, R. Autour de Raphaël. Dessins et peintures du Musée du Louvre, 1984)
pp.64-5, no.54 (Massari 1993 : Massari, S, 1993. Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : Opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega, Rome)
pp.202-04, under no.145 (van Tuyll van Serooskerken 2000 : van Tuyll van Serooskerken, C., 2000. The Italian drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the Teyler Museum.)
