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Mythology & Putti

Mythology & Putti

Venus after her bath

after 1500

Engraving | RCIN 851680

An anonymous copy of an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (RCIN 851677: after a design by Raphael). The setting and landscape have been greatly altered. Signed on plate with false monogram of Dürer at lower right: AD.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)